Amimitl (Opochtli)

Primary textual excerpts provided do not record a narrative origin myth for Amimitl/Opochtli. Secondary summaries of Aztec belief attribute to Opochtli the role of inventor of certain fishing and hunting implements (atlatl, net, canoe pole, bird snare) and identify him as a specialized deity within the Tlaloc sphere. A temple pictured in the sixteenth‑century Tira de la Peregrinación (Codex Boturini) was interpreted by Barlow (1949) as possibly that of "Amimitl," but this is a scholarly interpretation and the manuscript itself does not supply a deity origin story for the name as quoted in the available sources.

The provided sources do not offer a full anthropomorphic description. Secondary summary material notes that Opochtli is "commonly seen riding a dolphin," a watery attribute linking him visually to aquatic contexts; beyond that, no detailed physical depiction or iconographic program is supplied in the quoted excerpts.

Sources present Opochtli/Amimitl as the patron and credited inventor of practical technologies for fishing and hunting—specifically the atlatl, the net, the canoe pole, and the bird snare—and as a god of fishing and hunting. He is also described as one of the representatives or attendants of the major rain god Tlaloc, situating his functions within the broader religious domain of rain and water. The emphasis in sources is on specialized, culturally important technical and subsistence roles rather than on accounts of autonomous mythic exploits.