Mixcoatl and the Mimixcoa shot Itzpapalotl with arrows and cast her into a great fire in Tamoanchan, and from her ashes burst five flint knives — the sacred tecpatl blades destined for the cutting of human hearts.
Itzpapalotl presides over Tamoanchan, the paradisiacal realm where the gods first created humanity and where the broken cosmic tree stands as a reminder of primordial transgression.
Itzpapalotl reigns as queen of the Tzitzimimeh, the obsidian butterfly commanding the host of star demons who wait in darkness for the sun to fail.
Itzpapalotl, the obsidian butterfly, is counted among the Tzitzimimeh — the skeletal star demons who descend during eclipses and threaten to devour the world at the end of each calendar cycle.
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