"Aztec legend"

#12533214

6 July 2025

A caretaker of an axolotl at Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City, Mexico, oversees fish tanks on World Environment Day. The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), also known as the Mexican salamander, is a species of caudate amphibian in the ambystomatid family, related to the tiger salamander. According to legend, the axolotl is the Aztec god of fire and lightning, Xolotl, who disguises himself as a salamander to avoid being sacrificed.

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#12533216

6 July 2025

View of axolotls in an axolotl tank at Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City, Mexico, on World Environment Day. The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), also known as the Mexican salamander, is a species of caudate amphibian in the Ambystomatidae family, related to the tiger salamander. According to legend, the axolotl is the Aztec god of fire and lightning, Xolotl, who disguises himself as a salamander to avoid being sacrificed, on July 5, 2025.

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#12533217

6 July 2025

View of axolotls in an axolotl tank at Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City, Mexico, on World Environment Day. The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), also known as the Mexican salamander, is a species of caudate amphibian in the Ambystomatidae family, related to the tiger salamander. According to legend, the axolotl is the Aztec god of fire and lightning, Xolotl, who disguises himself as a salamander to avoid being sacrificed, on July 5, 2025.

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#12533219

6 July 2025

View of axolotls in an axolotl tank at Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City, Mexico, on World Environment Day. The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), also known as the Mexican salamander, is a species of caudate amphibian in the Ambystomatidae family, related to the tiger salamander. According to legend, the axolotl is the Aztec god of fire and lightning, Xolotl, who disguises himself as a salamander to avoid being sacrificed, on July 5, 2025.

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#12533220

6 July 2025

View of axolotls in an axolotl tank at Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City, Mexico, on World Environment Day. The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), also known as the Mexican salamander, is a species of caudate amphibian in the Ambystomatidae family, related to the tiger salamander. According to legend, the axolotl is the Aztec god of fire and lightning, Xolotl, who disguises himself as a salamander to avoid being sacrificed, on July 5, 2025.

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#6956364

14 August 2021

General view of the lighting show "Luminous memory" with historical themes and legends of the Spanish conquest as part of the Commemoration of 500 years of the conquest of Tenochitlan on the zocalo on August 13, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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#6956366

14 August 2021

General view of the lighting show "Luminous memory" with historical themes and legends of the Spanish conquest as part of the Commemoration of 500 years of the conquest of Tenochitlan on the zocalo on August 13, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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#6956368

14 August 2021

General view of the lighting show "Luminous memory" with historical themes and legends of the Spanish conquest as part of the Commemoration of 500 years of the conquest of Tenochitlan on the zocalo on August 13, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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#6956370

14 August 2021

General view of the lighting show "Luminous memory" with historical themes and legends of the Spanish conquest as part of the Commemoration of 500 years of the conquest of Tenochitlan on the zocalo on August 13, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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#6956372

14 August 2021

General view of the lighting show "Luminous memory" with historical themes and legends of the Spanish conquest as part of the Commemoration of 500 years of the conquest of Tenochitlan on the zocalo on August 13, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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14 August 2021

General view of the lighting show "Luminous memory" with historical themes and legends of the Spanish conquest as part of the Commemoration of 500 years of the conquest of Tenochitlan on the zocalo on August 13, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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#6956376

14 August 2021

General view of the lighting show "Luminous memory" with historical themes and legends of the Spanish conquest as part of the Commemoration of 500 years of the conquest of Tenochitlan on the zocalo on August 13, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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#6956378

14 August 2021

General view of the lighting show "Luminous memory" with historical themes and legends of the Spanish conquest as part of the Commemoration of 500 years of the conquest of Tenochitlan on the zocalo on August 13, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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#6956380

14 August 2021

General view of the lighting show "Luminous memory" with historical themes and legends of the Spanish conquest as part of the Commemoration of 500 years of the conquest of Tenochitlan on the zocalo on August 13, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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#6956382

14 August 2021

General view of the lighting show "Luminous memory" with historical themes and legends of the Spanish conquest as part of the Commemoration of 500 years of the conquest of Tenochitlan on the zocalo on August 13, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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#6956384

14 August 2021

General view of the lighting show "Luminous memory" with historical themes and legends of the Spanish conquest as part of the Commemoration of 500 years of the conquest of Tenochitlan on the zocalo on August 13, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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