The Encyclopedia Of Demons And Demonology

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Xipe Totec Aztec trickster vampire DEMON of the
underworld. Xipe Totec is called the “night drinker”
because he sucks the BLOOD of souls of the dead who
drop off to sleep instead of doing their penance. Enemies
of the Aztec feared him as the god of penitence
and sacrificed prisoners of war to him.
According to one story, Zipe Totec went to a village
and convinced the residents that their sins had
taken the form of a huge monster that lurked outside
town and cast spells over people. He told them they
had to bind the monster and throw it over a cliff. He
led the townspeople to a spot where he conjured an
imaginary monster. Believing it to be real, the people
bound it and took it to the edge of a cliff. Zipe Totec
tricked their eyes, and the people fell off the cliff to
their deaths.
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