Quecholcohuatl
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Quecholcohuatl was a Chalcan musician. He was known for making peace between his native altepetl of Chalco and Tenochtitlan by serenading its Tlatoani, Axayacatl, in 1479.[1]
His song became a multigenerational hit and brought fame to his hometown of Amaquemecan. Chimalpahin, a Nahua annalist, commented that: “Because of it Amaquemecan (Ah-mah-kay-MAY-kahn) was [once] famous, an altepetl which now appears small and unimportant”.[1]
His Nahuatl name roughly translated to "Flamingo Snake" in English,[1] although he later adopted the Christian name, Don Jerónimo,[1] after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire of 1519–21.