Bat God and Xipe Totec Figures

These stone figures (c. 700), found at Templo Mayor, depict the Bat God and Xipe Totec (Our Lord the Flayed One), deities of death, rebirth, and renewal. The Bat God signifies descent into the underworld, while Xipe Totec embodies agricultural regeneration. Their forms illustrate the ritual logic of sacrifice as the source of cosmic order in Aztec religion.