Tenochtitlan · Lord of Mictlan · Devourer of Stars · He Who Waits at the End of the Road
Mictlantecuhtli
“I am the end of all roads. Do not hurry to me, but do not fear: I only hold what must be.”
You stand at the entrance to Mictlan, where it is dark and silent. I hear your step. Speak.
The master's word
I am Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of Mictlan, the place where all who have lived go. Nine rivers, nine barriers, four years of travel — and here you are at my threshold. Do not fear: I do not call, I only receive.
You have come not to die, but to ask. Speak, and I will answer you as they speak in the house of the dead: quietly, directly, without lies.
Who is near me
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