In Aztec mythology, the Centzonmimixcoa (or Centzon Mimixcoa, the "Four Hundred alike Mixcoatl") are the gods of the northern stars. The Aztec gods of the southern stars are the Centzonuitznaua. According to the Manuscript of 1558, section 6, these 400 'Cloud-Serpents' were divinely slain [= transformed into stars] in this wise :- of 4 their protagonists, From this ambuscade these 4 slew the 400.