He even brought his family down and they all lived in the mountains. The sparks and smoke from their fires blew out of the hole in the top of their lodge. When Chief of the Sky Spirits tossed a BIG log on the fire sparks flew up even higher and the Earth trembled. The Chief eventually put out the fire and returned to the Above World. The Aztecs believed the two volcanoes were lovers that could not bear to be out of each others sight.
Ixtaccihuatls profile looks like a reclining women.
Photo by Steve O'Meara of Volcano Watch International. Postcard of Ixtaccihuatl.