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Tōnacātēuctli, god of sustenance associated with Ometecuhtli. Piltzintēuctli, god of the visions. In Aztec mythology, he is associated with Mercury (the planet that is visible just before sunrise or just after sunset) and healing. Citlalatonac, god of female stars in the Milky Way. Mixcōātl, god of hunting and old god of hurricanes and ...
Citlalatonac [a] was a god in Aztec mythology. He created the stars with his wife, Citlalicue . This pair of gods are sometimes associated with the first pair of humans, Nata and Nena .
In Bernardino Sahagún's Florentine Codex, for example, Tlaltecuhtli is invoked as in tonan in tota —"our mother, our father"—and the deity is described as both a god and a goddess. [12] Rather than signal hermaphroditism or androgyny, archaeologist Leonardo Lopez Lujan suggests that these varying embodiments are a testament to the deity's ...
Shenlong: a Chinese dragon thunder god, depicted with a human head and a dragon's body. Serpent: an entity from the Genesis creation narrative occasionally depicted with legs, and sometimes identified with Satan, though its representations have been both male and female. [3] Sobek: Ancient Egyptian crocodile-headed god.
Jure Grando (Croatia) first real person described as a vampire in historical records Ghoul (Arabic lore) – "The Arabic stories of the ghole spread east and were adopted by the people of the Orient, where it evolved as a type of vampiric spirit called a ghoul."
Citlāllīcuē [a] ("star garment"), also Citlālinīcuē [b] and Ilamātēcuhtli [c], was a creator goddess in Aztec mythology. She created the stars with her husband Citlalatonac, the Milky Way, Earth, death, and darkness. [1] This pair of gods are sometimes associated with the first pair of humans, Nata and Nena. [1]
In Aztec mythology, Piltzintecuhtli [piɬt͡sinˈtekʷt͡ɬi] was a god of the rising sun, healing, [1] and visions, associated with Tōnatiuh. The name means "the Young Prince". It may have been another name for Tōnatiuh, but he is also mentioned as a possibly unique individual, the husband of Xōchiquetzal.
In Aztec religion, Chantico ("she who dwells in the house") is the deity reigning over the fires in the family hearth. She broke a fast by eating paprika with roasted fish, and was turned into a dog by Tonacatecuhtli as punishment. She was associated with the town of Xochimilco, stonecutters, as well as warriorship.