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The Cihuateteo are a cult as well as a breed of nocturnal predators that are mainly active around Central America. There are also rumors of a bloodline of Gangrel and Daeva vampires with that name that live in Mexico. The relation -if there is any- between the Cihuateteo as Kindred and those that are part of the cult are unknown.

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  • The Cihuateteo are a cult as well as a breed of nocturnal predators that are mainly active around Central America. There are also rumors of a bloodline of Gangrel and Daeva vampires with that name that live in Mexico. The relation -if there is any- between the Cihuateteo as Kindred and those that are part of the cult are unknown.
  • Their images appear with the beginning day signs of the five western trecena, (1 Deer, 1 Rain, 1 Monkey, 1 House, and 1 Eagle) during which they were thought to descend to the earth and cause particularly dangerous mischief. They are depicted with skeletal faces and with eagle claws for hands. They are associated with the goddess Cihuacoatl and are sometimes considered envoys of Mictlan, the world of the dead. Cihuateteo are servants of the Aztec moon deities Tezcatlipoca and Tlazolteotl.
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  • The Cihuateteo are a cult as well as a breed of nocturnal predators that are mainly active around Central America. There are also rumors of a bloodline of Gangrel and Daeva vampires with that name that live in Mexico. The relation -if there is any- between the Cihuateteo as Kindred and those that are part of the cult are unknown.
  • Their images appear with the beginning day signs of the five western trecena, (1 Deer, 1 Rain, 1 Monkey, 1 House, and 1 Eagle) during which they were thought to descend to the earth and cause particularly dangerous mischief. They are depicted with skeletal faces and with eagle claws for hands. They are associated with the goddess Cihuacoatl and are sometimes considered envoys of Mictlan, the world of the dead. Cihuateteo are servants of the Aztec moon deities Tezcatlipoca and Tlazolteotl.
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