ITZPAPALOTL : THE OBSIDIAN BUTTERFLY; THE CLAWED BUTTERFLY Itzpapalotl is a fierce, powerful mother goddess of birth and death. She is a ferocious skeleton warrior who presides over the realm of Tamoanchan,
The Cihuateteo are Aztec female warrior spirits, souls of women who died in childbirth, considered the equivalent of dying valiantly in battle. The Aztec afterlife was fairly dismal for most dead souls, but the Cihuateteo were given the glorious role
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 (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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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