Encyclopedia > Civatateo

Article Content

Civatateo

In Aztec mythology, the Civatateo were vampires. They were noblewomen who died during childbirth and, after returning to the land of the living, stalked travelers and haunted temples. They were shriveled and pale.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

American Declaration of Independence

... principles, some of which were later codified in the United States Constitution. It has also been used as the model of a number of later documents such as the declarations ...