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In one version of the Aztec creation account [23] the myth of the Five Suns, the first creation, "The Sun of the Earth" was ruled by Tezcatlipoca but destroyed by Quetzalcoatl when he struck down Tezcatlipoca who then transformed into a jaguar. Quetzalcoatl became the ruler of the subsequent creation "Sun of Water", and Tezcatlipoca destroyed ...
It is based "loosely" upon the ancient Aztec and Mayan civilizations, with "Maztica" being another name for the Aztecs. [1] It includes two new kinds of magic that are independent from arcane and Faerunian holy magic, Pluma, which was created by the god Qotal the god of creation and freedom, and Hishna, created by Zaltec, the god of jaguars and ...
A drawing of Tecciztecatl, one of the deities described in the Codex Borgia. In Aztec mythology, Tecciztecatl (Classical Nahuatl: Tēcciztēcatl [teːk.sis.ˈteː.kat͡ɬ], "person from Tēcciztlān," a place name meaning "Place of the Conch," from tēcciztli or "conch"; also Tecuciztecatl, Teucciztecatl, from the variant form tēucciztli) was a lunar deity, representing the "Man in the Moon".
Atonaltzin (Nahuatl name), also referred to as Atonal II (Nahuatl reverential form) [1] or Dzawindanda (Mixtec name), was a 15th-century ruler of the Mixtec kingdom of Coixtlahuaca. Atonal was executed after Coixtlahuaca was conquered by the Aztecs under Moctezuma I , ostensibly to avenge the deaths of 160 pochteca .
He also killed his half-sister, Coyolxauhqui, by tearing out her heart using Xiuhcoatl (a blue snake) and throwing her body down the mountain. This was said to inspire the Aztecs to rip the hearts out of their human sacrifices and throw their bodies down the sides of the temple dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, who represents the sun, chasing away ...
Among the Aztecs, the name Quetzalcoatl was also a priestly title, as the two most important priests of the Aztec Templo Mayor were called "Quetzalcoatl Tlamacazqui". In the Aztec ritual calendar, different deities were associated with the cycle-of-year names: Quetzalcoatl was tied to the year Ce Acatl (One Reed), which correlates to the year 1519.
Formerly Uyness of Waverly, In the 2nd edition, Abalach-Re was killed by Sadira of Tyr with the broken tip of the sword Scourge. [3]: 266–267 : 225 [3]: 203 [4] In 4th edition Abalach-Re is described as a vain and neglectful ruler more interested in her own pleasure than in the well being of the citizens of her city-state. She is otherwise ...
Itzcoatl was the natural son of tlàtoāni Acamapichtli and an unknown Tepanec woman from Azcapotzalco. [3] He was elected as the king when his predecessor, his nephew Chimalpopoca, was killed by Maxtla of the nearby Tepanec āltepētl (city-state) of Azcapotzalco.