Chantico embodies the domestic hearth fire within the broader fire cult of Xiuhtecuhtli — where he commands the cosmic and new-fire flames, she guards the home fire, the goldsmith's forge, and the precious things kept within the house.
Every fifty-two years at the New Fire Ceremony, Xiuhtecuhtli's flame was kindled anew in the chest of a sacrificial victim atop Huixachtlan hill — if the fire failed to catch, the Tzitzimimeh would descend from the stars and devour all humanity.
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