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Aztec Mythology

Atlaua

Atlaua (master of waters) In Aztec mythology, a water god, also associated with arrows. Armed with reed arrows he emerges as a Quetzal bird, the Aztec symbol of regeneration. SEE ALSO: Aztec
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Malinalxochitl

Malinalxochitl : Beautiful Wildflower The Aztecs spent centuries wandering, searching for their promised land, initially led by the warrior deity Huitzilopochtli and his sisters. Tension developed between Huitzilopochtli and one sister, Malinalxochitl, an exceptionally beautiful, powerful spirit of witchcraft and
13 November 2017

Itzpapalotl

ITZPAPALOTL : THE OBSIDIAN BUTTERFLY; THE CLAWED BUTTERFLY Itzpapalotl is a fierce, powerful mother goddess of

Mayahuel

Mayahuel : Lady Maguey; The Woman of Four Hundred Breasts Mayahuel is the spirit of the

Mictlampa

Mictlampa Pronunciation : (Mick-LAMP-ah) Variations: Lord of the Mictlampa, The Taker of Life Mictlampa (“The North Side”) was a vampiric god to the ancient Aztec people. His body was the colour of

Nanautzin

Nanautzin (Nanahuatzin) is the Aztec god of self-sacrifice, courage and bravery, and light. Nanautzin was considered the father of the Sun. Long ago, when the gods were creating the world and had
30 November 2017

Yacatecutli

Yacatecutli (lord of travellers, he who leads) In Aztec mythology, god of merchants, whose symbol was a staff, often sprinkled with blood by his worshippers. Slaves also were sacrificed to the god
30 November 2017

Xiuhtecuhtli

Xiuhtecuhtli (Xiuhtecutli) In Aztec mythology, fire god who governed the fifth cardinal point, the center. He was thus worshipped as the center of all things and the spindle of the universe. The
30 November 2017

Xilonen

Xilonen In Aztec mythology, goddess of the growing corn, whose festival, Uei Tecuilhuitl (22 June), was celebrated with corn tortillas wrapped around pieces of spiced vegetables and baked. She was one of
30 November 2017

Vitzilopuchtl

Vitzilopuchtl (sorcerer) In Aztec mythology, a war god who could change himself into any shape. According to various Spanish accounts, Vitzilopuchtl was originally a sorcerer of the black arts who was noted
30 November 2017

Uixtocihuatl

Uixtocihuatl In Aztec mythology, salt goddess whose festival, Tecuilhuitontli, was held on 2 June. A woman was sacrificed in her honour at the pyramid of the rain god, Tlaloc. SEE ALSO: Aztec
30 November 2017

Ueuecoyotl

Ueuecoyotl (the old, old coyote) In Aztec mythology, god associated with sex, useless expenditure on ornament, and unexpected pleasures—all three condemned by the puritanical Aztecs. SEE ALSO: Aztec Mythology Meso American Mythology
30 November 2017

Tonatiuh

Tonatiuh In Aztec mythology, a sun god, fourth in a series of sun gods. Tonatiuh gave strength to warriors, receiving them along with women who died in childbirth, into his paradise, which
30 November 2017

Tonacatecutli

Tonacatecutli (Tonacateotle) (lord of our existence) is in Aztec mythology, consort of Tonacacihuatl, with whom he lived in the ninth, or highest, heaven. They had four sons, who were guardians of the
30 November 2017
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