 According to one Aztec tradition, "Teocipactli" "Divine Crocodile" was the name of a survivor of the flood who rescued himself in a canoe and again peopled the earth.In the Mixtec Vienna Codex (Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I), Crocodile is a day associated with dynastic beginnings.In Aztec mythology, Cipactli was a primeval sea monster, part crocodilian, part fish, and part toad or frog, with indefinite gender.