The Stinking Corpse

The Stinking Corpse

"The Stinking Corpse" is an Aztec myth that tells of the body of a giant, killed by the Toltecs, which released a stench that would kill anyone that smelled it. Versions of it are recorded in the "Legend of the Suns" (part of the Codex Chimalpopoca), the "Anónimo Mexicano", Torquemada's "Monarchia Indiana", and elsewhere.

References

*cite book |author=Bierhorst, John |origyear=1992 |title=History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca |location=Tucson |publisher=The University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-1886-9 |pages=pp. 155–156
*cite book |author=Crapo, Richley; Bonnie Glass-Coffin |year=2005 |title=Anónimo Mexicano |location=Logan |publisher=Utah State University Press |isbn=0-87421-623-0 |pages=pp. 9–10


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