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Tezcatlipoca overthrew Quetzalcoatl, forcing him to send a great wind that devastated the world, and the people who survived were turned into monkeys. Tlaloc, the god of rain, then became the sun. But he had his wife stolen away by Tezcatlipoca. Angered in turn, he would not make it rain for several years until, in a fit of rage, he made it ...
Red Tezcatlipoca is Xipe-Totec or Camaxtle, and his representations first appeared at Xollalpan, near Teotihuacan, and at Texcoco, in connection with the Mazapan culture—that is, during the post-Classic Toltec phase (9th–12th century ad). The Aztecs adopted his cult during the reign of Axayacatl (1469–81).
In Aztec mythology, after Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca created the world, they put their creation in order and placed Mictlantecuhtli and his wife, Mictecacihuatl, in the underworld. [ 13 ] According to Aztec legend, the twin gods Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl were sent by the other gods to steal the bones of the previous generation of gods from ...
But, Tezcacohuatzin, unwilling to let his daughter wed, used his magical powers to call up an army of spiders, centipedes, scorpions, bats, and huge wild beasts to protect her within the high walls of the palace. But in a dream, the god Tezcatlipoca in his invisible Yohualli form told King Huitzilihuitl that marrying Miahuaxihuitl was his ...
Tepeyollotl is a variant of Tezcatlipoca and is associated with mountains. Itzcaque, god who represents Tezcatlipoca in his capacity of starting wars for his own amusement. Chālchiuhtōtolin, god of illness, disorder, and chaos. Chalchiuhtotolin absolves humans of guilt and overcomes their fate. (S)he is also a manifestation of Tēzcatlīpōca.
Citlalatonac, god who created the stars along with his wife . Constellations Citlaxonecuilli . Citlaltlachtli . Citlalcolotl . Citlalozomahtli (Cepheus, Ursa Minor and Draco). Citlalmiquiztli (Sagittarius and Corona Australis). Citlalhuitzitzilin (Columba and Lepus). Citlalmazatl (Eridanus and Fornax). Citlalolli .
The next sun and also Tlaloc's new wife, was Chalchiuhtlicue. She was very loving towards the people, but Tezcatlipoca was not. Both the people and Chalchiuhtlicue felt his judgement when he told the water goddess that she was not truly loving and only faked kindness out of selfishness to gain the people's praise.
In another account, the Nahua god Tezcatlipoca spoke to a man named Nata and his wife Nana, saying: "Do not busy yourselves any longer making pulque, but hollow out for yourselves a large boat of an ahuehuete tree, and make your home in it when you see the waters rising to the sky."