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,
Mayahuel : Lady Maguey; The Woman of Four Hundred Breasts Mayahuel is the spirit of the maguey plant (Agave americana), also known as the century plant, among the most sacred botanicals of preconquest Mexico. The maguey’s gifts (and thus Mayahuel’s)
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
Atlatonan In Aztec mythology, goddess “of the leprous and maimed,” according to Fray Diego Durán in his Book of the Gods and Rites (c. 1576), dealing with Aztec mythology and ritual. She
Atlacamanc is in Aztec mythology, a storm god, often identified as the male counterpart of Chalchihuitlicue, the Aztec storm goddess. SEE ALSO: Aztec Mythology Meso American Mythology SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology
Apizteotl (hungry god) In Aztec mythology, god of famine. When a sacrifice was offered and human flesh eaten as part of the rite, those who did not then wash in a fresh-running
Tlaloc (Tecutli, Tlaloque) (path under the earth, wine of earth, long cave?) In Aztec mythology, god of rain, thunder, and lightning. He controlled mountain springs and weather. Tlaloc lived in a luxurious
Huehecoyotl : Old, Old Coyote Huehuecoyotl is a trickster spirit, Aztec lord of dance, music, and carnal delight. He can be a generous patron and is invoked for rescue by those who
Chantico is the Aztec goddess of fire and hearth. As a hearth goddess, she was venerated in the home as well as in temples. She is a guardian spirit who protects whatever
Xochipilli : The Flower Prince Xochipilli is the lord of flowers, love, maize, beauty, fun, games, music, art, dance, shamanism, and prophecy. He is the patron of all life’s pleasures; the very
Xochiquetzal (lady precious flower, beautiful rose?) In Aztec mythology, goddess of sexual love and courtesans, patroness of painters, embroiderers, weavers, silversmiths, sculptors, and all whose profession was to imitate nature in crafts
Xochitl Pronounced: Show-CHEE-tul In Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, Xochitl literally means “flower” but also possesses other implications: • Xochitl names a type of power implicit in beauty, goodness, love, and
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