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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.
This is a list of Mesoamerican rulers of the altepetl of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City) from its foundation in 1325 until the end of the line of indigenous rulers. From c. 1375 onwards, the rulers of Tenochtitlan were monarchs and used the title tlatoani.
There was a greater variety of Nahuatl names for Aztec males than for Aztec females. [1] The meaning of the Aztec female names were mostly about birth order. [1] [2] [4]
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Names Description North: Tezcatlipoca (Tezcatlipōca) Smoking Mirror God of providence, the invisible and darkness, lord of the Night and the Ursa Major. Ruler of the North East: Xipe Totec (Xīpe Tōtec) Our Lord The Flayed One God of force and agriculture, lord of seasons, regeneration and crafts. Ruler of the East West: Quetzalcoatl ...
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.
The Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance (Classical Nahuatl: Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, [ˈjéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥]) was an alliance of three Nahua city-states: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan.
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 ...