Xiuhtecuhtli, whose name means "turquoise lord" in the Nahuatl language, was the Aztec "new fire" god. The Aztecs kept a ...

The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to the underworld every night.

Their name, Xoloitzcuintli, comes from the Nahuatl words “Xolotl,” the Aztec god of fire and lightning, and “itzcuintli,” meaning dog. In Aztec culture, the Xoloitzcuintli was more than ...