What Mictlantecuhtli means
Mictlantecuhtli is a name from Nahuatl (Aztec) mythology meaning "lord of Mictlan". It comes from Mictlān (place of the dead: micqui (dead) + -tlān (place)) + tēuctli (lord). It is pronounced meek-tlahn-teh-KOO-tlee.
Skeletal god of the underworld, ruler of the lowest of the nine levels of Mictlan. Deity name; a story name rather than a given name.
