"The Stinking Corpse" is an Aztec myth that tells of the body of a giant, killed by the Toltecs, which released a stench that would kill anyone who smelled it. Versions of it are recorded in the Legend of the Suns (part of the Codex Chimalpopoca), the Anónimo Mexicano, Torquemada's Monarchia Indiana, and elsewhere.
References
References
- Bierhorst, John (1992). History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press. pp. 155–156. ISBN 978-0-8165-1886-9.
- Crapo, Richley; Glass-Coffin, Bonnie (2005). Anónimo Mexicano. Logan: Utah State University Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 0-87421-623-0.