• According to Aztec mythology, Cipactli was the first creature to emerge from the primordial ocean and was responsible for creating the world.
  • Cipactli (Classical Nahuatl: Cipactli "crocodile" or "caiman") was the first day of the Aztec divinatory count of 13 X 20 days (the tonalpohualli)...
  • Cipactli is one of the major characters in Aztec mythology. In Aztec cosmology, the crocodile represents the earth floating in the primeval waters.
  • In Aztec cosmology, Cipactli was a celestial beast with the teeth and skin of a crocodile. A deadly monster, Cipactli was revered and feared by the Aztecs.
  • The Aztecs of Mexico held a similar belief: that the Earth was created from the destruction of a large sea demon, created by and known to the gods as Cipactli.
  • A construct swallowed by this type of cipactli takes 6d6 points of damage in addition to the 20d6 points of damage normally caused by the swallow whole ability.
  • Protector of the day Cipactli (Crocodile) is Tonacatecuhtli, the primordial god of creation and fertility.
  • Cipactli – the Alligator – is the first day of the Aztec Calendar. It represents the beginning of time and the first coming of a being of perception into the universe.
  • One of them is the Cipactli sea monster, which has spread fear among the inhabitants of Mesoamerican villages since antiquity.