What are the Aztec gods? and how many are there?

I invite you to read this article about the Aztec culture, a lot of relevant information from the aztec gods important and how they helped their society, and how the Aztec society attributed the favors granted through different rites, festivals and sacrifice of animals and humans, all to follow the life of prosperity.

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The Aztec Gods

For the Aztec empire, religion was very important for that reason there were already many cults of the Aztec gods and they performed spiritual ceremonies that were frequently practiced by the Aztec communities, although the Aztec empire formed a very vast and well-organized community, its economic center was located in the city of Tenochtitlan, from that point the Aztec rulers watched over the other important cities such as Tlacopan and Texcoco.

The Aztec religion had a polytheistic character since that society believed in many gods, its ceremonies were always directed to the God Huitzilopochtli, a God who was closely linked to the sun and it is attributed to him that the city of Tenochtitlan had been founded in Mexico.

Although as said before, the Aztec empire focused on a very important religion due to their religious beliefs, they made many human sacrifices with the aim of pleasing the God Huitzilopochtli, who according to the beliefs of the Aztecs, this God lost a lot of blood in daily confrontations. that I had They also made sacrifices in order to stop the world because they were certain that the world was going to end in 52 years.

Having many beliefs, the Aztecs were organized as a political organization headed by the huey-tlatoani, who was elected by a council of representatives of different social clans. They also had a figure of a king who had to have Toltec descent since religion ruled it that way.

In this article about the Aztec Empire, we are going to deal with the different Aztec Gods that society worshiped, since those same societies had so many confrontations that they must have sought to believe in the Aztec Gods, so that they motivated them to continue fighting.

Although the Aztec Empire is known as the triple alliance since it was made up of a fairly large Indian confederation since the cities of Texcoco, Tlacopan and México-Tenochtitlan were united. All were led by rulers who were protected by the gods themselves.

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Although it is important to emphasize that in the Aztec religion the world was built and destroyed four times, but the Aztec gods met and made a new decision to remake it for the fifth time, but this time they had the idea of ​​separating the earth from the sky, and the God named Quetzalcóatl decided to give life to the human being and to the plants that were going to serve him as food.

In the Aztec Empire there was also a strong imagination that the human being only had one life to live it, for which there was no life after death, and if you wanted to transcend after your death the only option was that you had to be very famous for that was that the Aztec warriors always tried to stand out with the feats they perform at each stage of their lives.

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In this article we will tell you the most important information about all the Aztec Gods, since the Aztec society firmly believed in their deities and in this way they created new gods as their religion grew. Among the most important gods of the Aztec Empire we have:

Ometeotl: In Aztec Mexican mythology, this God named Ometeotl, created himself and represents the masculine essence of creation, he is also the husband of Omecihuatl and father of 4 gods. Although he is one of the oldest gods in this society he did not have a temple and the society did not know him, but he was very much mentioned in the poems of the upper class.

Although this God is accompanied in the following way Ometecuhtli and Omecíhuatl, both represent the duality as the lord and the lady. The first God represents the masculine while the second will represent the feminine in the world. Among the songs that are used to worship this God we have this:

 Nowhere can it be»

The house of the high referee;
Everywhere he is invoked,
Everywhere he is revered;
His renown is sought, his glory on earth

no one can be,
no one can be friends
The one who makes everything live;
It is only invoked
Only by his side and next to him

There may be life on earth

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Huitzilopochtli: One of the main Aztec gods and is strongly associated with the sun, he is also known as Ilhuicatl Xoxouhqui or Tlacahuepan Cuexcontzi, Before the Spaniards arrived, this God was the most worshiped by the Aztec Empire. He had several Temples, but the main one was in the city of Huitzilopochco (Huītzilōpōchco), now Churubusco.

In Greek mythology, this God named Huitzilopochtli is the one who gives the order for the foundation or creation of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, it is also the place where the Mexicans find an eagle taking a kind of snake. The God Huitzilopochtli is the son of the goddess of Fertility, being the son of the young sun and the old sun.

Every year a party is held in the name of the God Huitzilopochtli, although in the Mexican Nahua or Mesoamerican peoples it is not well known and was very popularized by the reformer Tlacaélel in the years 1398-1480.

After the arrival of the Spaniards they gave this God a new name with which they called him Huichilobos, they also gave him evil European qualities and that is why they destroyed his temple, sculptures, codices and agricultural products.

Quetzalcoatl: He is one of the most important Aztec gods since he has a feathered serpent, they also consider him the main deity of the Mexican pantheon, he is the God of light, fertility, civilization and knowledge. In the same way, they know him as the lord of the winds and ruler of the west, they associate him with the color white.

This is one of the Aztec gods represents the human duality and is represented with a snake with feathers, the snake represents the physical body and the feathers represent the spiritual principles, another name as this Aztec god is known is the following Nahualpiltzintli, "prince of the nahuales"  and it is the name given to the priests of the highest nahual hierarchy. It also has a double condition: on the one hand, it builds the world and, on the other hand, it destroys it.

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Coatlicue: In this section on the Aztec gods we will talk about this goddess whose name Coatlicue translated into Spanish means snake skirt, is the goddess who will represent life and death. She although she is a very ugly looking goddess, as she wears a skirt of snakes and on her neck hangs a necklace full of hearts that she has taken from her victims.

In her hands and feet she has very sharp claws and she is always thirsty for human sacrifices, her husband is the God Mixcoatl, she is also the mother of the God Huitzilopochtli when she became pregnant with this God, when she gave birth to him.

This came out a ball of feathers fell into the temple, the other brothers who saw this peculiar pregnancy decided to kill her, but the God Huitzilopochtli came out of his mother's womb fully armed and saved her by cutting off the head of his sister named Coyolxauhqui and the shot into the sky where it became the Moon.

Tezcatlipoca: Among the Aztec gods, this God represents providence, of the invisible and of darkness, his duality is antagonistic, he is also called white Tezcatlipoca, while the color of Tezcatlipoca is black. Also outlined in the history of this God is that he forms a couple ((Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl), he also makes the masculine and feminine principles.

In the Nahuatl culture, this God fathered four sons named Yayauhqui Tezcatlipoca (dark Tezcatlipoca), the second Tlatlauhqui Tezcatlipoca (Red Tezcatlipoca, also called Xipe Tótec or Camaxtle), the third was Tezouhqui Tezcatlipoca (blue Tezcatlipoca) among those known as Nahuatl speakers. as Huitzilopochtli (hummingbird of the south) and the fourth, the Iztac Tezcatlipoca (white Tezcatlipoca) or Quetzalcóatl.

In Nahuatl legends, this god named Tezcatlipoca originated the world, there was only a primordial ocean where only a land monster lived. Then Tezcatlipoca offered his foot as a decoy, and the monster came out and ate his foot. With this he gave the origin of power and happiness.

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Yacatecuhtli: He is one of the oldest Aztec gods and is the one who protects merchants and travelers, although the Mexican landowners offered him slaves as sacrifices to give him good luck, his main way is to represent him with a big nose acting as a guide .

This Aztec God dates from the pre-Hispanic age of Mexico, serves as a great guide and was offered copal twice a day at three in the morning and when dawn begins, in addition to the fact that the merchants named him in this way "the one with the thin nose like a thorn"

Cinteotl: According to Mexican mythology, this Aztec god represents sustenance or food since it represents corn, it is also a God that represents duality, it is a woman and a man at the same time, in the same way it represents drunkenness and drinks in all rituals.

When he represents the masculine duality, he is given the name of Centéotl and Centeotl Tecuhtli (tecuhtli, "lord"), and when he is represented in his feminine duality, he is represented by the name of "Chicomecóatl" and Centeotl Cihuatl (cihuatl, " woman").

When looking for the history of this God named Aztec Cinteotl, he is the son of Xochiquetzal (young goddess associated with beauty, sexuality, and pleasure, patron saint of childbirth, embroiderers, weavers, featherworkers, jewelers, sculptors, artists, and craftsmen)

Xochipilli: He is one of the most revered Aztec gods since he offers the pleasures of life, love, pleasure, sacred drunkenness, his name translated into Spanish means the flower child or the flower prince. He is the God also who is responsible for fertility and agricultural production.

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It is also revered by homosexuals and prostitutes although it is an absorption of the Toltec civilization, they are also represented with a talisman as a teardrop shape of mother of pearl.

Tonatiuh: He is one of the gods that represent the sun, they also worship him as the leader in the sky, he is also known as the fifth sun, and according to what is said, he assumes control when the fourth sun is expelled, since each sun has its cosmic age itself.

The Aztec God is known by the name of Chantico, and is represented with the animal of the deer, although this god is very poor, he is also very noble when they told the gods to get into the pyre so that the fifth sun could be chosen. He did it with great humility and when he came out he had jaguar spots.

Mictlantecuhtli: It is one of the Aztec gods that represents death or the dead, it also lives in the underworld, in the Nahual language it was known by the name of Popocatzin, which translated into Spanish would be defined as the smoking being, it is the God of the shadow and it is found married to Mictecacíhuatl, both rule the underworld, country of the dead or kingdom of Mictlán.

The god of the dead is represented with his body covered with human bones and his face has a skull-shaped mask, and he is adorned with flowers in the form of rosettes, one on his forehead and another on his neck, and finally he has a white flag named amanda palli, which is very characteristic of her attire.

Tlaloc: He is the god who represents rain, he also has the power to manage water and lightning, with his gift he helps the growth of food sown in agriculture, when there is a lot of drought this Aztec god is invoked to bring water to the land and gives life to the plantations.

He is known as the king of atmospheric phenomena and is the spirit of the fields and mountains, although in the time of the Aztec empire he was always worthy of making animal sacrifices as well as human beings, the indigenous community was always prosperous whenever something was asked of him.

 Metztli: It is the goddess that represents the moon in Aztec mythology, although it is also the same deity but with the name of Yohualticitl and Coyolxauhqui and the lunar god Tecciztecatl; Although it is said that she is the goddess of the moon because she fears fire, she also refers to the humble, in the legend of this Aztec god she is the one who causes floods and storms.

Xipe Totec: It is the Aztec God who will represent masculinity, youth and the new vegetation. He is represented by a statue that wears a stone mask, in the sacrificial rituals to worship this God, the priests removed the heart of the people or skinned it and then the priest put on the skin of the sacrificed Indian.

During the feast days of this Zapotec God, but later he was adopted by the Aztec religion, he only eats until noon, to be able to see the souls begging that are going to go to heaven.

Mixcoatl: In Mexican mythology it is the God that represents storms, wars and hunts, at that time it was believed that the God Mixcóatl could represent the Milky Way. Although to date the God Mixcóatl is confused with the following gods Xipe Totec, Camaxtle, Mixcóatl and Tezcatlipoca Rojo.

He was also venerated by the Tlaxcaltecas and Huejotzincas who called him Our Lord the Skinned. It was also said that he was a foreign god, when ceremonies and sacrifices were made to him, the following animals were brought to him: snakes, birds, and rabbits.

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Ehecatl: He is the god of the wind, and represents the breath in all animals since he united the storm and brings life, according to what is said in the Aztec community that he was the one who set the sun and the moon in motion. And he represents love with a beautiful painted tree.

At a time when spring moves the clouds so that the rain falls on the crops, he also stands out among many gods because Mexican society sees him as a great hero, he always arrives at the moments when he is most deserved. That is why tribute is paid to him, as it is said, this Aztec God begins the world with his breath since the sun illuminates and pushes aside the rain. The physical representation of the God is made through red masks with pointed noses.

Xiuhtecuhtli: this Aztec god represents the spirit of fire and heat, with its colors of red and yellow and the appearance of a very wise old man, it is symbolized with the scorpion due to the fever that human beings suffer when stung by this animal, and for On the other hand, her feminine duality is the Aztec goddess Chantico.

In this Aztec god named Xiuhtecuhtli, it was feared that he would separate himself from the humans who believed in him, that is why he was worshiped a lot so that he would accompany them through thick and thin, when rites were performed for him to accompany them they did slave sacrifices where they took the sacrificed, opened his chest and took out his heart in the name of this God.

Atlacoya: In the representation of the Aztec gods we also have this god who represents drought and black water. He is represented by the colors yellow with a large sleeveless robe.

Chalchiuhtlicue: She is the Aztec goddess who will represent births, for which she must be honored at each baptism, she always played an important role, she is one of the most important figures in Aztec culture and Mexican mythology, when the indigenous sailors embark to go sailing They carried her away on a sphinx for protection. She was always prayed this great prayer to protect the boats from heavy rain

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“The navigators ask her for her consent to navigate in its waters and so that they are protected, that is why any fisherman or navigator must make offerings in its aquifers carrying sugar, fruits, quartz, songs or prayers.

All beings that feed on its vitality have the obligation to protect it with our own lives, because if this Sacred Essence falls into imbalance or scarcity, it will inevitably bring us death and disease as a consequence (this not as a "divine" punishment but as a result of unconsciousness).

Acuecueyotl is an invocation to one of the manifestations of Chalchiuhtlicue, specifically in its marine presence during the waves, Acuecueyotl literally translated from the Nahuatl language to the Spanish dialect means "Spiral of water" and this is interpreted as the SURGE (Nowhere does it say “god or yes?)”

Chantic: goddess with various names in Aztec mythology is more commonly known by the name of the goddess of the fires of the heart, is responsible for the maturation of dwarf girls is associated with heat and bright lights its date is every March 23 where It is a great party in Aztec times, sacrifices with animals and some humans are offered.

A bundle of lightning is placed on her figure and her face is painted black. Her main center of worship is Mount Tepeyac, although they say that she is linked to the monsters that inhabit the forest.

Chicomecoatl: It is the goddess of subsistence thanks to the fact that whenever corn was planted, parties and sacrifices were given to it so that it would be born and multiply for the food of the people, it was called by the name of Xilonen, which translated into Spanish was like the hairy

Since this name was referred to because of the hairs that the corn has, but it is also named as the mother of the baby corn, which is the tender corn, in each phase of the corn it was asked to mature in the best way and be edible. , another name that was given to this God was that of a mature old woman like corn or a mature cob. The rite or prayer that she had was the following:

“Seven-cobs, get up now, wake up (…)! Ah, she is our Mother! You will not leave us orphans: You are going home now, the Tlalocan. Seven-Mazorcas, get up, wake up...! Ah, she is our Mother! You will not leave us orphans: you are going home now, the Tlalocan.”

Cihuacoatl: She is the first woman to give birth, that is why she is the one who is worshiped and asks when a woman wants to get pregnant, she is also the goddess of the earth, childbirth and fertility. She is also associated with the weeping woman, because she used to cry pitifully that reached your soul in this way Oh, my children, oh, oh! They were heard miles away.

Being the first god to give birth, he was considered to be an art of humanity and of life, in the sacrifices that were made to the sacrificed, the bones were ground in a kind of mill. It is also said that in a legend that she was the one who warned about the destruction and fall of the Empire of Moctezuma at the hands of the navigators.

All doctors, midwives and people who work in the health area were protected with the mantle of this goddess so that they could work and help other people. She was also the guide and collector of souls in pain and those who came to her were guided to eternal light.

Huehuecóyotl: the god of the arts, lord of music and ceremonial dance, guide of adulthood and adolescence, his sphinx is represented by a coyote dancing on his hands, he is a very prankster god, he is also the god of the party, Being represented by the coyote animal, reference is made to the cunning of people.

It is also represented by good and evil, it is the balance between the new and the old. He has several lovers, so when someone wants to get a girlfriend, he turns to the Aztec gods, especially this one, to guide him in his purpose. He can also change form from coyote to man and vice versa in the same way he can change gender. Finally, he is the ruler of songs and art, many artists devote themselves to him.

Xiuhtecuhtli: is the God that represents the dark night, he calls himself the lord of the night, he also protects the sleep of boys and girls, instead of making sacrifices he was venerated with parties and rites but very lively, where parties were held and much food to brighten the soul but always at night illuminated by the full moon.

friendl: its name and the Aztec culture mean the dart of water in its image is made by the fishermen who ask for calm when the sea is dirty, it is worshiped on the island of Chalco whoever has a disease that comes from the sea is asked to this God with great faith and he will do everything possible for healing, he is the God of artisans and navigators, the song to invoke him is this:

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   “Put your hands together, put your hands together, in the house, take your hands to repeat this rhythm, and separate them again, separate them again at the place of the arrows. Join hands, join hands in the house, that's why, that's why I've come, I've come.

    Yes, I have come, bringing four with me, yes I have come, four are with me. Four nobles, well chosen, four nobles, well chosen, yes, four nobles. They personally precede his face, they personally precede his face, they personally precede his face”

Macuil Malinalli: He is considered the Aztec god of grass and he contains the souls of all Indian warriors who have died in war. When there were wars, this God was asked to take care of his souls and that they not perish during the confrontation, the sacrifices were to kill the soldiers who lost the battle.

Ixtlilton: Among the Aztec gods that exists, this is the one that represents medicine and health, although it is associated with the Aztec God of black water mentioned above, this God has healing properties, his temple was located in the city of Tlacuilohcan, "place of the scribe" . In a story you have it is written in the following way:

“A chronicle relates that… they made an oratory of painted boards for him, like a tabernacle, where his image was. In this oratory or temple there were many basins and water jars, and all of them were covered with boards or comals; They called this water tlatl, or which means black water.

When a child got sick, they took him to the temple or tabernacle of this god Ixtlilton, and they opened one of those jars and gave the child a drink of that water and with it he healed; and when someone wanted to make the feast of this god, because of his devotion he took his image home. The image of him was not a painting but one of the satraps who dressed this god in ornament”

Tlacotzontli: Aztec God that represents the night path when you walk at night you consecrate yourself to it and it will illuminate your path from all the bad things that can happen to you as long as you do it with faith. He is depicted with a white cloak worn on the shoulders of the statue of him.

Iztli: It is a God that represents the night, its form is that of a woman who has a very precious and striking black stone, it also has the shape of a knife and in other Mexican cultures it is represented as a large very sharp weapon.

Citlalicue: She is the Aztec goddess who could create the stars in their infinity together with her husband named Citlaltonac, but together with her husband they are creators of the Milky Way, Earth and also death and darkness.

Cintteo: is the Aztec god that represents corn, is related to four other gods, which form the color of each type of corn that exists among them we have Iztauhqui Centéotl, deity of white corn, Cozauhqui Centéotl, deity of yellow corn, Tlatlauhqui Centéotl, deity of red corn, Yayauhqui Centéotl, deity of black corn.

Ahuiateteo: represents pleasure and great lustful excesses, and the counterpart of this female Aztec God is cihuateteo. They are represented as cadaverous beings that used to roam the battlefields, wearing the typical clothes of a Mexican warrior. Also found as:

  • Macuilcozcacuauhtli (in Nahuatl: macuilcōzcacuāuhtli, 'five vulture' macuilli, five; cōzcacuāuhtli, vulture')
  • Macuil Cuetzpalin (in Nahuatl: macuil cuetzpalin, 'five lizard' macuilli, five; cuetzpalin, lizard')
  • Macuil Malinalli (in Nahuatl: macuilmalīnalli, 'five grass' macuilli, five; malīnalli, grass')
  • Macuilxochitl (in Nahuatl: macuiltōchtli, 'five rabbit' macuilli, five; tōchtli, rabbit')
  • Macuilxóchitl (in Nahuatl: macuilxōchitl, 'five flower''macuilli, five; xōchitl, flower')
  • Macuilacatl (in Nahuatl: macuilacatl, 'five cane''macuilli, five; ācatl, cane')
  • Macuilacatl (in Nahuatl: macuilacatl, 'five water'' macuilli, five; ātl, water')
  • Macuilcalli (in Nahuatl: macuilcalli, 'five house''macuilli, five; calli, house')
  • Macuil Cipactli (in Nahuatl: macuil cipactli, 'five alligators''macuilli, five; cipactli, alligator')
  • Macuilcóatl (in Nahuatl: macuilcōātl, 'five serpent' macuilli, five; cōātl, serpent')
  • Macuilcuautitla (in Nahuatl: macuilcuāutli, 'five eagle' ''macuilli, five; cuāuhtli, eagle')
  • Macuil Ehécatl (in Nahuatl: macuilehēcatl, 'five winds' macuilli, five; ehēcatl, wind')
  • Macuil Itzcuintli (in Nahuatl: macuil itzcuintli, 'five dog''macuilli, five; itzcuintli, dog')
  • Macuilmazatl (in Nahuatl: macuilmazātl, 'five deer''macuilli, five; mazātl, deer')
  • Macuilmiquiztli (in Nahuatl: macuilmiquiztli, 'five death''macuilli, five; miquiztli, death')
  • Macuilocatl (in Nahuatl: macuilocēlōtl, 'five jaguar''macuilli, five; ocēlōtl, jaguar')
  • Macuilolin (in Nahuatl: macuilolīn, 'five movement''macuilli, five; olīn, movement')
  • Hookworm (in Nahuatl: macuil ozomatli, 'five monkey' macuilli, five; ozomatli, monkey')
  • Macuil Quiahuitl (in Nahuatl: macuil quiahuitl, 'five rain''macuilli, five; quiahuitl, rain')
  • Macuiltépetl (in Nahuatl: macuiltepetl, 'five flint''macuilli, five; tecpatl, flint')

Centzon Huitznahua: Goddess who represents the southern stars and the stars of the south, she is also the patron goddess of fertility of life and death, brothers of the lunar goddess Coyolxauhqui who ruled them. When the goddess became pregnant by a feather of hers, her eldest daughter named Coyolxauhqui, and her children, considered that it was a dishonorable act for which she decided to go to Mount Coatepec and from there watch the stars.

Centzon Totochtin: It is an Aztec deity that is represented in the 400 gods or minor spirits that drunks meet, and is closely related to dreams and awakening. It is also known in the Aztec religion with the following names:

  • Acolhua (in Nahuatl: acolhua, 'he who has shoulders'''acolli, shoulder; hua, who has')
  • Colhuantzíncatl (in Nahuatl: colhuantzincatl, 'inhabitant of Colhuacán''colhuacantzinco, colhuacan; tecatl, inhabitant of, inhabitant of, person of')
  • Cuatlapanqui (in Nahuatl: quatlapanqui, 'the head-opener'' cuaitl, head; tlapanqui, tlapana; tlapana, to break')
  • Chimalpanécatl (in Nahuatl: chimalpanecatl, 'inhabitant of chimalpán'' chimalpan, chimalpán; tecatl, inhabitant of, inhabitant of, person of')
  • Izquitécatl (in Nahuatl: izquitecatl, 'inhabitant of izquitlán''izquitlan, izquitlán; tecatl, inhabitant of, inhabitant of, person of')
  • Ometochtli (in Nahuatl: ometochtli, 'two rabbits''ome, two; tochtli, rabbit')
  • Papaztac (in Nahuatl: papaztac, 'the enervated one' papaztac, panchtli; pachtli, enervate')
  • Teatlahuiani (in Nahuatl: teatlahuiani, 'the drowner', someone; atlahuiani, to drown')
  • Tepoztécatl (in Nahuatl: tepoztecatl, 'inhabitant of tepoztlán''tecatl, inhabitant of, inhabitant of, person of')
  • Tequechmecaniani (in Nahuatl: tequechmecaniani, 'the one that hangs' on you, someone; quechtli, neck; mecatl, rope; mecaniani, the one that hangs')
  • Tezcatzóncatl (in Nahuatl: tezcatzoncatl, 'mirror hair''tezcatl, mirror; zontli, hair')
  • Tlaltecayohua (in Nahuatl: tlaltecayohua, 'earth that falls'' tlalli, earth; tecayohua, that falls, roll')
  • Tlilhua (in Nahuatl: tlilhua, 'he who has black ink'' tlilli, black ink; hua, who has')
  • Tomiyauh (in Nahuatl: tomiyauh, 'our corn wheat' to, our; miahuatl, corn wheat')
  • Toltécatl (in Nahuatl: toltécatl, 'inhabitant of tultitlán''toltli, toltitlán; tecatl, inhabitant of, inhabitant of, person of')
  • Poyauhtecatl (in Nahuatl: poyauhtecatl, 'inhabitant of yauhtlan'' yauht, yauhtlán; mecatl, inhabitant of, inhabitant of, person of')

Cipactonal: in Aztec mythology he is known as a demigod who created the first sun together with Oxomoco, after a war between several demons he was named as the Aztec God of astrology and calendars. This deity is compared to Adam and Eve in the Catholic religion.

His name in Spanish means the lizard man, and refers to the following things: He was the first man, in fact the tonalli called "Cipactli" is the first day of the Mexican calendar and was the day of the beginning, of the origin and the other It is based on the fact that he invented the calendar, in fact "Cipactli" is a tonalli Day of the Mexica sacred calendar.

cihuateteo: It is an Aztec God that represented the female spirits, who went to earth after four years of their death, was governed by the souls of women who died giving birth. He was known by the following names:

  • Cihuamazatl (in Nahuatl: cihuamazatl, 'deer woman''cihuatl, woman; mazatli, deer')
  • Cihuaquiahuitl (in Nahuatl: cihuaquiahuitl, 'rain woman''cihuatl, woman; quiahuitl, rain')
  • Cihuaozomatl (in Nahuatl: cihuaozomatl, 'monkey woman''cihuatl, woman; ozomatli, monkey')
  • Cihuacalli (in Nahuatl: cihuacalli, 'woman house''cihuatl, woman; calli, house')?
  • Cihuaquauhtli (in Nahuatl: cihuaquauhtli, 'eagle woman''cihuatl, woman; quauhtli, eagle')

There is a text that dates back a long time that has the mission of preventing bad days for those who returned from abroad, since they arrived with very bad luck and in this way they had to take a series of steps to attract the good luck of the goddess , the document is written by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún and says as follows:

“And for this they celebrated them and in this celebration they offered in their temple, or at the crossroads, bread made of various figures. Some, like butterflies, others in the shape of lightning falling from the sky, which they call xonecuilli, and also some tamalejos called xucuichtlama tzoalli, and roasted corn called izquitl.

The image of these goddesses is the whitish face, as if it were dyed with a very white color, the same arms and legs, they had gold earmuffs, the hair touched like ladies with horns, the huipil painted with waves of black, the naguas had different colors carved.”

Chalchiutotolin: It is one of the Aztec Gods that will represent diseases and plagues, since the Mexicans consider the turkey to be an animal for ceremonial food, sacrificing one to the God Chalchiutotolin turns the turkey into a divine food, which nourished everything. the body and vitalizes it, in addition it was recognized with a royal character and the people could not eat it. When the Spaniards arrived they came to say the following:

«The chickens of these lands and the roosters are called totolin. They are known domestic birds, they have a round tail and wing feathers, although they do not fly; they are the best meat of all birds; They eat wet corn when small, and also cooked and ground pigweeds and other herbs; They lay eggs and raise chickens.

They are of different colors, some white, others red, others black and others brown; the males are called huexolotl and they have a large dewlap and a large breast, they have large necks and colorful corals; their heads are blue, especially when they get angry, they are set (frowns together); they have a beak of meat that hangs over their beak… the female hen is smaller than the rooster, she is short, she has corals on her head and throat.

Its meat is very tasty; she is corpulent, and she puts her chickens under her wings, and she feeds her little ones looking for worms and other things”

Chimalma: This goddess is the representation of the mother of the Aztec god, Quetzalcóatl, also called Ce Ácatl Topiltzin, one of the most respected and venerated gods by the Aztec culture,  Although he was the God who found the corn, culture and life are also due to him.

This warrior formed a city to make conquests in other places, in this way he began to create a great society by conquering neighboring villages. His main weapons were bows and arrows, then that God took refuge in a cave and there they made his sacred temple.

Huehueteotl: recognition is made of the divinity he possesses, he is also one of the oldest gods in Mesoamerica, and is represented as a very old and wrinkled old man who is already all wrinkled and bent over, referring to everything he has lived through.

He is one of the most important Aztec gods, the god of fire, because he was the one who invented it in the Aztec culture, he is the first to whom he must make the festivals and sacrifices, he is so old that when they draw him they do many wrinkles and few teeth to show how old it is.

The importance of this god is his power over fire and is a central motif in all rituals and sacrifice in some Aztec societies, he represents life and renewal. Besides that he regenerates the world. In the same way he moves in the four dimensions and terrestrial planes. On the other hand, he has the power to unite the family, society and the universe more.

Itzpapalotitotec: She is one of the most important Aztec gods there is, her shape is that of an obsidian butterfly, and she is very important in the Chichimeca culture, this goddess has the appearance of a skeleton, she carries two knives, she is a symbol of rebirth and regeneration.

For the Aztec culture, she represented the mother of war and human sacrifice, she is the patron saint of death but the one who rules paradise. When you ask for it, you enjoy good luck and good health, and therefore you will be prosperous and you will live a long time.

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