Given the World Cup atmosphere at the beginning of 2026, the artist Chopernawers has created soccer-themed nahuales, like this one that breathes new life into the quintessentially Mexican Jaguar warrior. This jaguar now plays not the ballgame, in which, according to legend, defeat could even result in death in pre-Hispanic cultures, from the Olmecas culture to the Mexicas who founded the great Tenochtitlán, including the warlike Toltecas, the Spartans of the Americas. But now this humanoid jaguar is happy without losing its ritualistic character, because these days it’s all about good soccer!