Painal

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Painal as depicted in the Florentine Codex.

In Aztec religion, Painal (also spelled Paynal or Painalton, "Little Painal"; also spelled Paynalton; Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang".) was sometimes interpreted by Spanish colonists as a god (teotl) who served as a representative of Huitzilopochtli.[1][2] Other scholars have noted that Paynala may have been a toponym, confused for a person.[2]

Bernardo de Sahagún's General History of the Things of New Spain, commonly called the Florentine Codex, briefly describes Painal thus: Template:Quote

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