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Yohualtepuztli, the Night Hatchet, is a manifestation of Tezcatlipoca, the lord of the whims of fate. He continues to be part of the popular culture of Mexico, appearing widely across cultures and tribes 2/9
He appears as a headless man, whose chest is open in a gaping wound, revealing his beating heart. The gash in his chest opens and snaps shut, causing a loud booming sound, like a woodman chopping a tree. With this sound he announces his presence

This is a painting of Tzinacantecuhtli, Bat Lord, a servant of Mictlanteuchtli, the Lord of the Land of the Dead. When we die, our Teyollia, or Heart-Souls travel through the 9 levels of the underworld At the eighth level, once our Teyollia has been purified and freed of ego, individuality, and memory, Tzinacantecuhtli carries us to the 9th and final level, to the throne of Mictlantecuhtli, where we are ushered to Tlalocan to await rebirth on earth

This painting, "The Birth of Corn" is based on the Mexica Codex Chimalpopoca which describes the birth and discovery of corn. Prints of this work can be found in my Etsy Store, just follow this link
etsy.com/listing/707703… A detail showing Quetzalcoátl, the Plumed Serpent, weary and bruised, wandered through the realms of Mictlán in the darkness before the rising of the Fifth Sun. The red ant came before Quetzalcoátl, bearing upon his back a kernel of yellow corn. “From whence came this fruit?”