Did you know that Coyote warriors existed both with the Mexica and the Tlaxcalans?
The Coyote warrior appears numerous times in the History of Tlaxcala, participating on the side of the Mexica, as well as the Tlaxcalan. It also appears in Mixtec codices and in Teotihuacan murals.
It was a creature of a carnivorous nature and great libido, and was associated with the immutable cycle of regeneration and death, the base of the Mesoamerican cosmovision; so it is not surprising that it sought to have its own power and strength, just as it was for the eagle and jaguar warriors.
The coyote was so important that the name of Nezahualcoyotl, an extraordinary character in Mesoamerican history (a poet, reformer, warrior and lover) means “fasting coyote”.
This is why for this WIP we present a coyote warrior, in this case, a fire coyote, represented in the first memoirs. We based its shield on one of the few Mesoamerican shields that have survived to this day, besides adding multicolored plumage, representing the noble background of the character.
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