Mictlantecuhtli, Aztec god of the dead and king of Mictlan, the lowest underworld section. In Codex Borgia depicted as a toothy skull wearing person.

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Mictlantecuhtli, Aztec god of the dead and king of Mictlan, the lowest underworld section. In Codex Borgia depicted as a toothy skull wearing person. The worship ritual sometimes involved cannibalism.

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