Painal

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Painal as depicted in the Florentine Codex.

In Aztec religion, Painal (also spelled Paynal or Painalton, "Little Painal"; also spelled Paynalton; Template:Langx Template:IPA, Template:Lang, Template:Lang) was sometimes interpreted by Spanish colonists as a god (teotl) who served as a representative of Huitzilopochtli.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="Miller 2005">Template:Cite journal</ref> Other scholars have noted that Paynala may have been a toponym, confused for a person.<ref name="Miller 2005"/>

Bernardo de Sahagún's General History of the Things of New Spain, commonly called the Florentine Codex, briefly describes Painal thus: Template:Quote