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Mictlāntēcutli or Mictlantecuhtli (Nahuatl pronunciation: [mik.t͡ɬaːn.ˈteːkʷ.t͡ɬi], meaning "Lord of Mictlan"), in Aztec mythology, is a god of the dead and the king of Mictlan (Chicunauhmictlan), the lowest and northernmost section of the underworld.
Fooled, Mictlantecuhtli showed Quetzalcoatl to the bones. But Quetzalcoatl fell into the pit and some of the bones broke. The Aztecs believed this is why people's height are different. Mictlan is believed to be ruled by King Mictlantecuhtli ("Lord of the Underworld") [2] and his wife, Mictecacihuatl ("Lady of the Underworld"). [3]
The Tezcatlipocas created four couple-gods to control the waters by Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue; [2] the Earth by Tlaltecuhtli and Tlalcihuatl; [3] the underworld by Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacihuatl; [3] and the fire by Xantico and Xiuhtecuhtli. [3]
Mictlantecuhtli, god of the Underworld (Mictlan) Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of running water, lakes, rivers, seas, streams, horizontal waters, storms, and baptism. Tlazolteotl, goddess of lust, carnality, and sexual misdeeds. Tepeyollotl, god of the animals, darkened caves, echoes, and earthquakes. Tepeyollotl is a variant of Tezcatlipoca, whose ...
From the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer, an Aztec cosmological drawing with the god Xiuhtecuhtli, the lord of fire, and the calendar in the center with the other important gods around him each in front of a sacred tree Diagram of Thirteen Heavens based on Burr Brundage's book [30] and Adela Fernández's list of world names and descriptions. [31]
The Disk of Mictlāntēcutli (Nahuatl: [mik.t͡ɬaːn.ˈteːkʷ.t͡ɬi] ⓘ), otherwise known as the Disk of Death, is a pre-Hispanic sculpture depicting Mictlāntēcutli, the Aztec god of death and ruler of Mictlān, the underworld of Aztec mythology. [1]
Table tennis player Zeng Zhiying left China all alone for an adventure in Chile in 1989. As her native country boiled with street protests that led to the Tiananmen Square massacre that year, she ...
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