The skull-shaped body of the Aztec death whistle may represent Mictlantecuhtli ... The body of these whistles is decorated with a skull shape that could represent Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of the ...

Another theory is that the skull-like shape is an allusion to Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of the underworld, and that the Death Flute may have been used in religious practices or ceremonies.

The skull shape, for instance, might allude to the Aztec god of the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli. Aztec death whistles don't fit into any existing Western classification for wind instruments ...

Temple for Aztec God Known as Flayed Lord Found To test the effect of the death whistle on listeners, the researchers had 70 subjects rate a sample of 2,500 sounds. From that data, the team found ...

The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to the underworld every night.