Mictlantecuhtli
c. 900 CE – 1521 CEattested
central Mexico
- Mesoamerican
Skeletal lord of the lowest underworld, reached after a four-year journey past obsidian winds and a river crossed on a red dog. Most of the dead went to him regardless of how they had lived.
Known for
- a four-year journey to reach him
- the red dog at the river
- a destination unrelated to merit
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.