Where can i find a myth, legend, story or tale about huehuecoyotl?
The god presented in the first image is Huehuecoyotl, the Old, Old Coyote. His Aztec manifestation differs little from those of his cousins throughout the Americas: he is the trickster, the god who pulls pranks on people, on other gods, and, as often as not, unwittingly on himself. He is the patron of uninhibited sexuality – his partners can be female or male of any species. He is the god of merriment, often depicted laughing. In this image, a song comes from his mouth, and he shakes a rattle and a flower, icons of song and beauty. An assistant sings and plays a drum. The significance of this may go beyond the music of festivals into another reading to his name, which can also be parsed as “Ancient Drum.” The detail of the large scallop shape above the drum and by the flower above the scallop indicates the intricacy of the music. As a member of the Tezcatlipoca family of gods, Huehuecoyotl takes part of the numen of Tezcatlipoca, but is not a disguise of the larger god. Like Tezcatlipo
