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  2. List of Aztec gods and supernatural beings - Wikipedia

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    The Xiuhtotontli are gods of fire and alternative manifestations or states of Xiuhtecuhtli. Xiuhiztacuhqui, god of the white fire. Xiuhtlatlauhqui, god of the red fire. Xiuhcozauhqui, god of the yellow fire. Xiuhxoxoauhqui, god of the blue fire. Xiuhtecuhtli, related god of fire and time. His face is painted with black and red pigment.

  3. Xiuhtecuhtli - Wikipedia

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    He is the god of fire in relation to the cardinal directions, just as the brazier for lighting fire is the center of the house or temple. [20] Xiuhtecuhtli was the patron god of the Aztec emperors, who were regarded as his living embodiment at their enthronement. [21] The deity was also one of the patron gods of the pochteca merchant class. [22]

  4. Aztec mythology - Wikipedia

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    Atlahua, god of water, a fisherman and archer; Fire deities. Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire and time; Chantico, goddess of the hearth (firebox) and volcanoes; Xolotl, god of fire, lightning, and death, associated with Venus as the Evening Star (Twin of Quetzalcoatl) Death deities. Mictlantecuhtli, god of the dead, ruler of the Underworld (Mictlan)

  5. Xolotl - Wikipedia

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    In Aztec mythology, Xolotl (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈʃolot͡ɬ] ⓘ) was a god of fire and lightning. He was commonly depicted as a dog-headed man and was a soul-guide for the dead. [2] He was also god of twins, monsters, death, misfortune, sickness, and deformities.

  6. Tlaltecuhtli - Wikipedia

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    A representation of the goddess can be found on each side of the 1503 CE Coronation Stone of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II, alongside the glyphs for fire and water — traditional symbols of war. Historian Mary Miller even suggests that Tlaltecuhtli may be the face in the center of the famous Aztec Calendar Stone (Piedra del Sol), where she ...

  7. Itztlacoliuhqui - Wikipedia

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    The creation of this god appeared in the Aztec myth of creation. Tonatiuh, the sun god, demanded obedience and sacrifice from the other gods before he will move. Enraged at his arrogance, the god of dawn and the planet Venus, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, shoots an arrow at the sun. However, the dart misses its mark and the sun throws his own back at ...

  8. Aztec religion - Wikipedia

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    Mictlantecuhtli (left), god of death, and Quetzalcoatl, god of life; together they symbolize life and death.. The Aztec religion is a polytheistic and monistic pantheism in which the Nahua concept of teotl was construed as the supreme god Ometeotl, as well as a diverse pantheon of lesser gods and manifestations of nature. [1]

  9. Thirteen Heavens - Wikipedia

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    Meztli, moon goddess . As lunar phases Tlazolteotl, goddess of lust and illicit affairs, patron of sexual incontinence, adultery, sex, passions, carnality and moral transgressions. Tiacapan, one of the goddesses of sex; Ixcuina, one of the goddesses of sex; Tecotzin or Teicu, one of the goddesses of sex; Tlaloc, god of thunder, rain and the ...