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Xōchiquetzal: Aztec Fertility Goddess Xochiquetzal was the Aztec god of fertility . She was also the goddess of pregnancy, love, sexuality, and wea...
Xipe Totec was “the flayed one” in Aztec mythology, and his name actually translates to Our Lord the Flayed One . He was also the god of agricultur...
Tonatiuh: Aztec Sun God Tonatiuh was the Sun God in Aztec mythology . He was a fearsome and warlike god, and the Aztecs sacrificed human hearts to ...
Tlāloc: God of Rain Tlaloc was known as the Aztec’s rain god in Aztec mythology . He was both loved and feared, having both the ability to give lif...
Tezcatlipoca: The Smoking Mirror Tezcatlipoca’s (pronounced Tez-kat-lee-po’-ka) name means the “smoking mirror” in Nahuatl . This is the language o...
Ometeotl: Supreme Aztec God of Duality Ometeotl, unlike more general western mythological concepts of deities, gods, and goddesses, possessed both ...
Mixcoatl: Aztec God of the Hunt Mixcoatl was the god of the hunt often associated with the Milky Way and other celestial bodies . He was part of Me...
Mictlantecuhtli: Aztec God of Death Mictlantecuhtli was the Aztec god of death in Aztec mythology . Along with his wife Mictecacihuatl, he ruled Mi...
Huītzilōpōchtli: The Famous Aztec Warrior God Huitzilopochtli was a famous Aztec warrior god or god of war . He was also the god of the sun, human ...
Coatlicue, or literally translated, “Snakes-Her-Skirt”, was the Aztec mother of the gods . She had over 400 children, one of them being the famous ...
Chalchiuhtlicue: Aztec Goddess of Water Chalchiuhtlicue, the Aztec goddess of rivers and oceans, captures the imagination of readers . She was high...
The Aztec gods were part of the religion of the indigenous people of Mexico . The Aztec people flourished between 1300 and 1521 when the Spanish to...