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- ↑ http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Xelhua%5B%5D
- ↑ Cecilio A. Robelo (1905). Diccionario de Mitología Nahoa (in Spanish). Editorial Porrúa. pp. 121, 122, 123. ISBN 970-07-3149-9.
- ↑ Guilhem Olivier (2015). Cacería, Sacrificio y Poder en Mesoamérica: Tras las Huellas de Mixcóatl (in Spanish). Fondo de Cultura Económica. ISBN 978-607-16-3216-6.
