Otomitl (FromNahuatl, 'Jute bone' or 'Where the otomies are') is one of the six giants sons of Iztac-Mixcoatl andTlaltecuhtli[1] that populated the Earth after theGreat Flood during the Fifth Sun inAztec mythology. The sixth son who climbed the mountains near Mexico, and raised the populations ofXilotepec,Tollan, andOtompan.[2]
Surrounded the Earth by the seas and submerged in them for a long time, the old frog, with a thousand jaws and bloody tongues, and the strange name it takes,Tlaltecuhtli; Iztac-Mixcoatl, the fierce white cloud serpent, who lives in Citlalco, joins her in sweet collusion. And six tlacame with love engender; the six brothers on earth dwell and are the trunk of various races: the first-born, the giantXelhua, of Itzocan and Epatlan, and Cuauquechollan, the cities he founded.Tenoch, the great Aztec claudillo, in Mexico stops the march of his people, and builds the greatTenochtitlan, a lake city. The strong Cuetlachoapan foundsUlmecatl, and gives its indolent people a seat. On the shores of the gulf,Xicalancatl, the braveMixtecatl takes refuge. Of Mixtecapan in the sour lands; Otomitl, the xocoyotl [younger son], always lives in mountains near Mexico, and there it thrives in rich populations such as Tollan, Xilotepec and Otompan[3]
— Gerónimo de Mendieta (1525–1604)
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