Coxcoxtli () was a king of city-state
Culhuacán.
He had two children — a son called
Huehue Acamapichtli Huehue Acamapichtli (''Ācamāpichtli'' ːkamaːˈpit͡ʃt͡ɬi= "Handful of reeds", ) was a king ( Nahuatl: ''tlatoani'') of Culhuacán.
He was a son — and successor — of King Coxcoxtli and his wife.
His sister was Atotoztli I of Culhuacán ...
and a daughter
Atotoztli I
Atotoztli I ( nci-IPA, Atotoztli, atoˈtostɬi) was a Princess of Culhuacan.
Atotoztli was a daughter of King Coxcoxtli and sister of King Huehue Acamapichtli. Atotoztli married Opochtli Iztahuatzin and bore him a son called Acamapichtli after ...
,
who married
Opochtli Iztahuatzin
In Aztec mythology, Opochtli was a god of hunting and fishing.
He is said to have invented the atlatl, the net, the canoe
A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or m ...
and bore him
Acamapichtli
Acamapichtli ( nci-IPA, Ācamāpichtli, aːkamaːˈpit͡ʃt͡ɬi, meaning "Handful of reeds") was the first ''Tlatoani'', or king, of the Aztecs (or Mexica) of Tenochtitlan, and founder of the Aztec imperial dynasty. Chronicles differ as to the ...
, the first ruler of
Tenochtitlan
, ; es, Tenochtitlan also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, ; es, México-Tenochtitlan was a large Mexican in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear. The date 13 March 1325 was ...
. He was thus an ancestor of Aztec emperors.
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