The name of the Aztec god of death, Mictlantecuhtli, literally means “Lord of Mictlan”. In Aztec religion and mythology, Mictlan was the lowest and northernmost section of the underworld and was ruled by Mictlantecuhtli along with his wife, Mictecacíhuatl. Although there were also several...
Mayahuel is the goddess of the maguey plant and of fertility. Protector of mature wombs that turn into life. Mictlancihuatl Mictlancihuatl, Lady of the land of the Death, wife of the Death God Mictlantecuhtli. Mictlantecuhtli Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of Mictlan, the Land of the Death. Pate...
The word "Coatlicue" is Nahuatl for "the one with the skirt of serpents". She is referred to by the epithets "Mother Goddess of the Earth who gives birth to all celestial things", "Goddess of Fire and Fertility", "Goddess of Life, Death and Rebirth" and "Mother of the Southern Sta...
Citlalicue (alsoCitlalinicue),Her Skirt is Stars, is also known asIlamatecuhtli. She is a creator goddess, goddess of the stars and the Milky Way, earth, death and darkness. With her husbandCitlalatonacshe created the stars. Citlalicue and Citlalatonac are sometimes associated with the fir...
TheFourth Doctorrecalled the Aztecs as one of the civilisations which had created twisting underground passageways which he had to run up and down. (PROSE:A Device of Death) He later claimed that thedinosaurs' blood rituals rivalled those of the Aztecs. (PROSE:The Dragons of Prague) ...
In Aztec mythology, Mictlantecuhtli was the skeletal god of death who ruled over Mictlan, the underworld, with his wife, Mictlancihuatl. Read moreMictlantecuhtli Want to learn more about Demons and Fallen Angels in Judaism & Christianity? Enroll now in the course: Fallen Angels, Demons & Sa...
This is a huge clay statue with a height of almost 6 meters and represents a human form with its skin ripped off and its liver visible. According to the archaeological sources, the figure dates from about 1480 and is of god Mictlantecuhtli who in Aztec religion was the god of death and...
In Aztec mythology, Xipe Totec ("our lord the flayed one") was a life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture, the west, disease, spring, goldsmiths and the seasons. He flayed himself to give food to humanity, symbolic of the maize seed losing the outer layer of the seed before germina...
Every atmospheric phenomenon was also associated with a god: to Tlaloc the rains, to Quetzalcoatl Ehecatl the winds. According to the Aztecs, one lives only once, and life is full of both suffering and joy, and the only way to survive after death is to attain fame, although the fame itse...
feet tall and 5 feet broad, the statue shows the goddess as much a goddess of death as of birth. With two facing serpents as her head, claws on her hands and feet, a skirt of serpents and a necklace of skulls, hands and hearts, she reveals the Aztec’s terrifying view of their ...