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Xipe Totec – Mythopedia Xipe Totec was known by other names as well, including Tlatlauhca, Red Tezcatlipoca, Yoalli Tlauana (Night Drinker), Tlaclau Queteztzatlipuca, and Camaxtli Attributes According to the Codex Ramirez, Xipe Totec was “born of a ruddy color all over,” thus explaining his title of Red Tezcatlipoca
Ometeotl - Mythopedia Xipe Totec: the god of agriculture, rebirth, and goldsmiths Tezcatlipoca: the omnipresent god of the night sky and knower of all thoughts Quetzalcoatl: the god of the wind, giver of maize, and inventor of books and calendars Huītzilōpōchtli: the god of warfare and protector against the infinite night Family Tree Children
Xochiquetzal – Mythopedia Xochiquetzal was the Aztec goddess of sexuality and procreation, weaving, and the lunar cycle Wife to many gods, her festival was celebrated with flowers, drinking, copulation, and human sacrifice
Chalchiuhtlicue - Mythopedia According to the Codex Ramirez (a 16th-century Spanish manuscript recording Aztec religious practices) Chalchiuhtlicue was created by Tezcatlipoca, Xipe Totec, Quetzalcoatl, and Huitzilopochtli shortly after the world’s creation According to this myth, Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue were created simultaneously as husband and wife
Quetzalcoatl – Mythopedia His older brothers were Xipe Totec and Tezcatlipoca while his younger brother was Huitzilopochtli Other legends posited that Quetzalcoatl was the son of the goddess Chimalma While these stories vary, some said Mixcoatl (the Aztec god of the hunt) impregnated the goddess Chimalma by shooting an arrow from his bow
Mixcoatl – Mythopedia Under the Tlaxcalan version of the creation tale Mixcoatl is called Camaxtli Some versions of the story simply call the first child Red Tezcatlipoca, leaving it up to interpretation as to whether or not he was Xipe Totec, Mixcoatl, or both ↩; Read and Gonzalez, Handbook, 225 ↩; Read and Gonzalez, Handbook, 162-163 ↩
Huitzilopochtli – Mythopedia In this telling, Huitzilopochtli was the final of their four children His older brothers included Xipe Totec (god of agriculture, rebirth, and goldsmiths), Tezcatlipoca (omnipresent god of the night sky and knower of all thoughts), and Quetzalcoatl (god of the wind, giver of maize, and inventor of books and calendars)
Tlaloc - Mythopedia While many of the Aztec gods have traditional parentage, Tlaloc and his wife Chalchiuhtlicue were created either by all four sons of Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl (Xipe Totec, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, and Huitzilopochtli), or by Quetzalcoatl and Huitzilopochtli Tlaloc’s son, Tecciztecatl, would become the moon after following the god
Mictlantecuhtli - Mythopedia Mictlantecuhtli was described extremely early in the Aztec creation story After Ometecuhtli and his wife Omecihuatl bore their four children, nothing important happened for 600 years Following this hiatus, their children—Xipe Totec, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, and Huitzilopochtli—began the process of constructing the cosmos
Orunmila – Mythopedia Orunmila (or Ifa) is the Yoruba god of divination, wisdom, and fate He is a divine oracle who carries messages and advice from the gods to humankind