Category: Aztec Mythology

Toci (Tozi, Temazcalteci) (our grandmother) In Aztec mythology, goddess and one aspect of Tlalzolteotl. Fray Diego Durán, in his Book of the Gods and Rites…

Paynal (Paynalton) (he who hastens) is in an Aztec rite, the name given to the man who played the part of the war god Huitzilopochtli.…

Opochtli (the left-handed) In Aztec mythology, god of fishing and bird snaring, who invented the fishing rod and harpoon. Opochtli was portrayed as a naked…

Ometecuhtli (Ometecutli) (the dual lord, lord of duality) In Aztec mythology, supreme being, who was outside of space and time and was the source of…

Omacatl (two reeds) In Aztec mythology, god of joy, festivity, and happiness; worshipped by the rich, who held banquets in his honour. He represented a…

Montezuma II (Monteczoma, Motechuzoma, Moctezuma, Montecuzomatzin) (sad or angry lord) (1466–1520) is in Aztec history and legend, the last ruler, who ascended the throne when…

Metztli (Metzli) In Aztec mythology, moon goddess. In order to make a light for the daytime Metztli sacrificed herself and Nanahuatl the Leper in a…

Iztaccihuatl (white woman) In Aztec mythology, mountain goddess described by Fray Diego Durán in his Book of the Gods and Rites (c. 1576), which deals…

Ixtlilton (Yxtlilton) (the little black one) In Aztec mythology, god of medicine, fasting, and games, whose temple contained jars of water known as tlital (black…

Hueytonantzin (our great ancient mother) In Aztec mythology, Great Mother goddess of the lords of the four directions: Hueytecptl (ancient flint stone), Ixcuin (he who…