ID: 901002430 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002430	Record Type: Character/Person

	Xolotl (teotl, Nahua deity)

Note: ENGLISH: Dog-headed Nahua deity, the twin brother of Quetzalcoatl whose attributes he wears. Associated with the evening star, he is described as having the power to metamorphose. SPANISH: Deidad nahua con cabeza de perro, hermano gemelo de Quetzalcóatl, cuyos atributos lleva. Asociado a la estrella de la tarde, se le describe con el poder de metamorfosearse. HUASTECAN: Ce teotl nahua tlen itzontecon tlen ce chichi, icnimeh cuatez tlen Quetzalcoatl, tlen iatributos quihuica. Tlen monechicohtoc ica citlalin tlen tiotlac, quen moihtoa ica chicahualiztli tlen ehecachicahualiztli.

Names:

	Xolotl (teotl, Nahua deity) (preferred,Classical Nahuatl-P,D,N)
	Xolotl (teotl, Nahua deity) (English-P,D,N)
	Xolotl (teotl, Nahua deity) (Spanish-P,D,N)
	Xolotl (teotl, Nahua deity) (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl-P,A,N)
	Xolutl (teotl, Nahua deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Nahua iconography> (P)
		............<Nahua characters> (P)
		................Xolotl (teotl, Nahua deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Nahua (style or culture)
	.....(Native Central Mexican styles, Native Middle American, Native American, The Americas, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	related to .... dog (species)
	.....(Canis (genus), Canidae (family), Carnivora (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	associated with .... Venus
	.....(Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy) (TGN)

Sources:

	Xolotl (teotl, Nahua deity)
	................Campbell 1985 416
	................Sahagún 2012 (II) 239
	................Wimmer 2020
	................GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
	Xolutl (teotl, Nahua deity)
	................Sahagún 2012 (II) 239
	................Sahagún 1997 146

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-) FCIA004