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Aztec Deities

A place to read up on the associations with the many deities we come across.

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Aztec Deities

Postby Branwen on Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:24 am

Acolmitzli -
An underworld God. Sometimes known as Acolnahuacatl.

Acuecucyoticihuati -
A Goddess of the oceans and rivers. Also a Goddess invoked in childbirth. Sometimes referred to as Chalchiuhtlicue in disguise.

Atl -
A water God.


Atlaua -
A God of fishermen and water.

Ayauhteotl -
A Goddess of mist.

Camaxtli -
A God of war and fate. One of the four Creator Gods.

Centeotl -
A Corn God, previously a corn Goddess.

Centzon-Totochtin -
Four hundred drunken Rabbit Gods.

Centzonuitznaua -
Brothers of the sun God Huitzilopochtli.

Chac -
God of rain, thunder, lightening and vegetation. Also a fertility God.

Chalchiuhtliue -
A Goddess of running water, rivers, beauty and youth.

Chalchiuhtecolotl -
A night owl God.

Chantico -
A Goddess of home and hearth fires, and fertility. Also a Goddess of volcanic fires.

Chicomecoatl -
Goddess of fertility and corn.

Chicomexochtli -
A God of painters.

Chiconahuiehecatl -
A minor Creator God.

Cihuateto -
Five female spirits. Women who died in childbirth and accorded the same honour as men who died in battle.

Cintoetl -
A Corn God.

Cipactli -
A crocodile God.

Civatateo -
Aztec vampires, high ranking women who died in childbirth.

Coatlicue -
A Goddess of earth and fire. The mother of the Gods.

Cochimetl -
A God of commerce and merchants.

Cocijo -
A God of rain and lightening.

Coyolxauhqui -
A moon Goddess. Her name means 'Golden Bells'.

Cuaxolotl -
A Goddess of the hearth.

Ehecatl -
A God of weather and wind.

Huehuecoyotl -
Also known as 'Old, old coyote'. A shape shifting trickster God.

Huehueteotl -
The God of the Fire of Life.

Huemac -
An earthquake God.

Huitzilopochtli -
A war God.

Huixtocihuatl -
A salt Goddess.

Ilamatecuhtli -
Meaning 'Old Princess'. A mother Goddess.

Itzli -
A God of scarifice.

Itzpapalotl -
A demon Goddess of fertility, agriculture and destiny.

Itztlacoliuhqui -
'Lord of the Morning Star'. A God of stone, and cold hard things.

Ixtilton -
A God of healing and health.

Macuilcozcacuahtli -
'Five Vulture'. One of the five Macuiltonaleque.

Macuilcuetzpalin -
'Five Lizard', one of the five Macuiltonaleque.

Macuilmalinalli -
'Five Grass', one of the five Macuiltonaleque.

Macuiltochtli -
'Five Rabbit', one of the five Macuiltonaleque. Also a God of alcoholic beverages.

Macuiltonaleque -
The five Gods of pleasure and excess and their associated dangers.

Macuilxochitl -
'Five-flower Prince'. One of the five Macuiltonaleque. Also a God of games.

Malinalxochi -
A Goddess of scorpions and snakes.

Matlalcueitl -
A Goddess of rain and song.

Mayahuel -
A Goddess of alcohol.

Metzli -
An old moon God.

Mextli -
A God of war and sacrifice.

Mictecacihuatl-
A Goddess of death.

Mictlan -
The Underworld.

Mictlantecuhtli -
A God of death.

Mixcoatl -
A God of war and hunting.

Omecihuatl -
A Creation Goddess.

Ometecuhtli -
A God of fire and a Creator God. With his wife, Omecihuatl, he represents the duality of nature.

Opochtli -
God of hunting and fishing.

Oxomoco -
A Goddess of calendars and astrology.

Patecatl -
A God of medicine and healing.

Paynal -
The messenger of Huitzilopochtli.

Piquete-zina -
A bat God.

Qauxolotl -
A Goddess of twins.

Quetzalcoatl -
A God of death and rebirth.

Tecciztecatl -
A moon God.

Telcalipoca -
'The Great Bear'

Teoyaomqui -
A God of the sun and also of dead warriors.

Tepeyollotl -
A God of earthquakes.

Tepoztecatl -
A God of Rabbits and fertility.

Temazcalteci -
A Goddess of cleanliness.

Tezcatlipoca -
A God of death, the night and temptation.

Tezcatzontecatl -
A beer God.

Tlahuizcalpanteuhtli -
A God of the Dawn.

Tlaloc -
A God of rain, fire and fertility.

Tonacatecuhtli -
A God of fertility and food.

Tonatiuh -
A sun God.

Tozi -
A mother Goddess of healing and nature.

Tzitzmitl -
A Grandmother Goddess.

Xipe-Totec -
A God of Spring and agriculture.

Xiuhcoatl -
A God of drought.

Xmulzencab -
Bee Gods.

Xochipilli -
A God of love, dancing and beauty.

Xochiquetzal -
A Goddess of love and flowers.

Xolotl -
A God of lightening.

Yacatecuhtli -
A God of travelling and merchants.


Sources:

http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/aztec-mythology.php

http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/god.html

http://www.jackowitch.com/aztecdeits.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aztec_gods
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