Tezcacohuatzin

King Huitzilihuitl of Tenochtitlan wished to ask Tezcacohuatzin (also called Ozomatzin), for his daughter, the Princess Miahuaxihuitl's hand in marriage.

But, Tezcacohuatzin, unwilling to let his daughter wed, used his magical powers to call up an army of spiders, centipedes, scorpions, bats, and huge wild beasts to protect her within the high walls of the palace.

This time Yohualli told the leader of the Mexica to fashion a hollow, richly decorated arrow in which he was to place a precious stone.

The myth bestows divine predestination on what was probably a crassly political move to secure favorable access to Cuernavaca's rich cotton production.

Chimalpahin even claims that despite the royal marriage, Tenochtitlan waged war on Cuauhnahuac for forty years, "until its inhabitants were finally conquered."