The original Mesoamerican party animal, one of the Centzon Totochtin joins the Rabbits in Folklore pin series!

Each is a set of 2 pins and includes Tochtli and his bottle of tequila!

Two color ways available: Turquoise or Gold

Tochtli is 1.75 inches in length and the tequila is .75 inches tall.

Hard enamel

Tochtli is double clutch, and the tequila is single.

Include artists back stamp

All pins come on a generous 4x6 custom backing card with his story on the back!

Tochtli, the Aztec rabbit -- Mesoamerica's original party animal!

Tochtli, meaning ‘rabbit’, is the day in the Aztec calendar associated with Mayahuel. Mayahuel is the goddess of fertility, the womb and the maguey/agave plant – used to brew pulque (a forerunner to tequila!)

Mayahuel’s fecundity was such that it was said that she had 400 breasts that gave pulque, which she would use to feed the Centzon Totochtin, her 400 divine rabbity children. This gang was known for wild drunken parties, leading to the saying of being ‘drunk as 400 rabbits’. (I like to think of this as the Mesoamerican version of ‘One tequila, Two tequila, Three tequila, Floor.”)

Fun fact: Here in Austin where I live, The Alamo Drafthouse named their tequila themed bar ‘400 Rabbits’ in their honor.

So technically, the rabbits of myth I was wanting to celebrate here was that of the Centzon Totochtin, but man, translating 400 rabbits into a pin? Woof. I decided to focus on one tochtli and let him represent –-but I gave him his very own bottle of agave juice for company!