In The Canals Of Tenochtitlan

This story is about an underwater world in the canals of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan. When the Aztecs settled the Valley of Mexico in the 13th century, they found a large salamander living in the lake surrounding the island where they built their capital, Tenochtitlán. They called the salamander "axolotl" after Xolotl, their god of fire and lightning. Xolotl was said to have transformed into a salamander, among other forms, to avoid being sacrificed so the sun and moon could move in the sky. He was eventually captured and killed. In this story an Aztec boy found the axolotl, a god in a living body.