Her existence beyond legend is questionable, and accounts of her life are mainly based on the writings of indigenous historian Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl.

[3] A well-known painting of Xochitl and Tecpancaltzin, El descubrimiento del pulque, was completed in 1869 by Mexican artist José Obregón.

El descubrimiento del pulque is based on historian Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl's description of Xochitl as a beautiful virgin brought to Tecpancaltzin by her father, Papatzin.

Xochitl presented to Tecpancaltzin a drink that she and/or her father invented, pulque, made from the honey of maguey.

[4] More recently, Xochitl appears as one of the 999 women included in American artist Judy Chicago's installation work, The Dinner Party.