Huehuecóyotl, the Old Coyote

The myth

Huehuecóyotl, “Old Coyote,” is the god of music, dance, pleasure and cunning. Probably of Otomí origin, he was patron of featherworkers and ruled the thirteen-day period beginning on 1 Flower. In the codices he appears as a coyote or as a man with a coyote head, dancing with a rattle in hand and sometimes playing the huéhuetl drum, alongside Macuilxóchitl, god of music. He was known as a trickster who stirred up discord, but also joy. Mexica men prayed to him for health and long life.

Why it has this power

A Level 6 Rare with 2100 ATK and 2000 DEF: an elder’s wisdom and a coyote’s strength in balance. Earth is the ground where people dance; Sun and Bull, the open-air feast and the beast within. He is born by fusing the Singing Coyote with any Spirit: the singer who becomes the god of music.

Did you know

In the Codex Borgia, Huehuecóyotl dances with a rattle while Macuilxóchitl plays the huéhuetl.

Connections

• Born from the fusion of: Singing Coyote + Spirit

Where to get it

• Born from the fusion of: Singing Coyote + Spirit
• It never joins the collection: you summon it mid-duel, by fusion or ritual.

Sources

1. Aztec Pantheon — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright
2. Coyote (Mexicolore) — Ian Mursell
3. Los membranófonos (Arqueología Mexicana) — Luis Antonio Gómez G.