Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli (also (Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli) is the Lord of the House of the Dawn, Venus as the Morning Star. Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli is a manifestion of Quetzalcoatl. Tlaloc Tlaloc, He Who Makes Things Sprout, the god of rain, lightning and thunder. Het is a fertility god, but ...
Chalchiuhtlicue (alsoChalchihuitlicue,Chalciuhtlicue), “She of the Jade Skirt”, or “She whose Night-robe of Jewel-stars Whirls Above”, Lady of the Maintenance. AsAcuecucyoticihuatishe is the goddess of oceans, rivers and any other running water, but also a goddess of birth and ...
An important aspect of Aztec ritual was the impersonation of deities. Priests or otherwise specially elected individuals would be dressed up to achieve the likeness of a specific deity. A person with the honorable charge of impersonating a god was called "ixiptlatli" and was venerated as an act...
Thus, this tiny little winged jewel is a microcosm of the vast world around it and the deities interwoven in the system. “Canto del Colibri,” courtesy of jjeess11 *** Sahagún, Bernardino , Arthur J. O. Anderson, and Charles E. Dibble. General History of the Things of New Spain...
Attributes of both Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl originally came from pre-Aztec traditions of the Olmecs and the Toltecs. The Aztecs assimilated them in their religion, and the two deities were equated and considered twin gods. They were both equal and opposed. Thus Tezcatlipoca was called ...
Tezcatlipoca –“The Smoking Mirror”: God of Darkness and Sorcery Huitzilopochtli –“The Hummingbird of the South”: God of Sun and War Xipe Totec –“Our Lord the Flayed One”: God of Death and Rebirth Tláloc –“He Who Makes Things Sprout”: God of Rain and Storms ...