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This is a list of gods and supernatural beings from the Aztec culture, its religion and mythology. Many of these deities are sourced from Codexes (such as the Florentine Codex (Bernardino de Sahagún), the Codex Borgia (Stefano Borgia), and the informants). They are all divided into gods and goddesses, in sections.
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Xochitlicue (meaning in Nahuatl 'the one that has her skirt of flowers') is the Aztec goddess of fertility, patroness of life and death, guide of rebirth, younger sister of Coatlicue, Huitzilopochtli's mother according Codex Florentine; and Chimalma, Quetzalcoatl's mother according to Codex Chimalpopoca. [1]
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 earth. In this layer he pierces the "clouds' bellies" to make them rain. Ehecatl, god of the wind. In this layer he blows the clouds with his breath (breezes) to make them move.
Aztec mythology is the body or collection of myths of the Aztec civilization of Central Mexico. [1] The Aztecs were Nahuatl -speaking groups living in central Mexico and much of their mythology is similar to that of other Mesoamerican cultures.
In her book, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Gloria E. Anzaldúa notes that "lopeuh" is a Nahuatl word meaning "the one who is at one with the beasts", and "coatl" is the Nahuatl word for serpent. In the story of the virgin's apparition to Juan Diego, Guadalupe tells Juan Diego that her name is "María Coatlalopeuh".
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]