In order to reach this location, one must spend four years overcoming nine trials; these include enduring a wind that cuts like a knife and crossing a river on the back of a dog.
The ruler of this place attempted to prevent the theft of the artifacts of a previous generation of deities by digging a pit to stop the fleeing thief, upon whom a flock of vicious quails was set. In order to reach this location, one must spend four years overcoming nine trials; these include enduring a wind that cuts like a knife and crossing a river on the back of a dog. Humankind was created from a bag of shattered bones retrieved from this location by the god of the morning star and his brother. Fallen warriors and women who die in childbirth are among the few who travel to the east and west, rather than northwards to this location, while drowning victims instead go to a paradise ruled by the rain god Tlaloc. For 10 points, identify this land whose psychopomp is Xolotl, the nine-level underworld of Aztec mythology.
The ruler of this place attempted to prevent the theft of the artifacts of a previous generation of deities by digging a pit to stop the fleeing thief, upon whom a flock of vicious quails was set.
Mictlan