- Quetzalcoatl – Mythopedia
Quetzalcoatl was the Aztec’s Feathered Serpent god, controller of winds and bringer of maize A clever shapeshifter, he used his wits to trick the Lord and Lady of Death into giving him the bones that he shaped into mankind
- Xochiquetzal – Mythopedia
Xochiquetzal was the Aztec goddess of sexuality and procreation, weaving, and the lunar cycle Wife to many gods, her festival was celebrated with flowers, drinking, copulation, and human sacrifice
- Mictlantecuhtli – Mythopedia
Mictlantecuhtli was the Aztec god of death, who ruled over the land of the dead with his wife Mictecacihuatl He was tricked into giving up the bones that would become the humans of the fifth age by Quetzalcoatl
- Huitzilopochtli – Mythopedia
His older brothers included Xipe Totec (god of agriculture, rebirth, and goldsmiths), Tezcatlipoca (omnipresent god of the night sky and knower of all thoughts), and Quetzalcoatl (god of the wind, giver of maize, and inventor of books and calendars) In the second story, Huitzilopochtli was born to Coatlicue, a primordial earth goddess
- Tezcatlipoca – Mythopedia
Tezcatlipoca, the “Smoking Mirror,” was a powerful Aztec creator deity represented by an obsidian mirror Frequently in conflict with his brother Quetzalcoatl, he sacrificed his foot to a sea monster to create the world from its body
- Ometeotl – Mythopedia
Ometeotl was the Aztecs’ original creator deity, composed of husband Ometecuhtli and wife Omecihautl After creating themselves and four of the most powerful gods of the pantheon, they left to reside in the highest heaven
- Tonatiuh – Mythopedia
Tonatiuh’s existence as the fifth sun of the Aztecs was brought about by the sacrifice of the god Nanahuatzin Setting the sun in motion required many more deaths, and his own eventual demise will signal the end of the world
- Mixcoatl – Mythopedia
Mixcoatl was the Aztec god of the hunt who gave fire to humanity A deity with many forms and origins, he was at once an iteration of Tezcatlipoca, a child of Ometeotl, and a divinely transformed hunter named Mimich
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