Tradition / Region: Mexican Mythology
Alternate Names: —
Category: Fish, Bird
The Myth
The Quauhxouilin, known as the Eagle-Fish, is a remarkable fish spoken of in Mexican tradition. Its name joins two ideas into one being: quauhtli, meaning eagle, and xouilin, a kind of fish.
This creature bears the head of an eagle, with a curved snout shining golden-yellow, giving it the look of a bird of prey risen from the water. Its body is long, large, and smooth, moving through the water with the same effortless grace as an eagle gliding through the sky.
Unlike ordinary fish, the Quauhxouilin has no scales and no bones. Its flesh is soft throughout, and for this reason it is considered good to eat, valued not only for its strange form but also for its taste.
The Quauhxouilin stands as a fusion of sky and water—a fish shaped like a bird, uniting the domains of river and air in a single living form.
Sources
Bestiary.us contributors. (n.d.). Eterari. In Bestiary.us, from https://www.bestiary.us/eterari/