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Aztec mythology

The Aztec civilization recognized many gods and supernatural creatures.

Table of contents

1 Gods 2 Gods - snaky 3 God groups 4 Supernatural creatures - Monster, angels... 5 Kings... 6 Places 7 Human

Gods

• Acolmiztli god of the underworld Mictlan.
• Acolnahuacatl god of the underworld Mictlan.
• Acuecucyoticihuati -> Chalchiuhtlicue
• Amimitl god of lakes and fishermen.
• Atl god of water.
• Atlacamani goddess of oceanic storms such as hurricanes.
• Atlacoya goddess of drought.
• Atlatonin goddess of the coast.
• Atlaua water god.
• Ayauhteotl goddess of crepuscular fog, vanity and fame.
• Camaxtli god of hunting, war, fate and fire.
• Centeotl god of maize.
• Centzonuitznaua southern stars.
• Chalchiuhtlatonal water.
• Chalchiuhtlicue goddess of lakes, streams and all water, as well as beauty.
• Chalchiutotolin disease.
• Chalmecacihuilt the underworld: Mictlan, north.
• Chalmecatl the underworld: Mictlan, north.
• Chantico fires.
• Chicomecoatl maize and fertility.
• Chicomexochtli artists.
• Chiconahui domestic fertility goddess.
• Chiconahuiehecatl creation of the world.
• Citlalatonac created the stars.
• Citlalicue created the stars.
• Cochimetl commerce and merchants.
• Coyolxauhqui moon goddess.
• Ehecatl god of wind.
• Huehueteotl
• Huitzilopochtli god of war and a sun god.
• Huixtocihuatl fertility goddess who presided over salt and salt water.
• Itzlacoliuhque god of darkness, disasters, temperature and obsidian.
• Itzli god of stone.
• Itzpapalotl skeletal goddess - ruled over the paradise world of Tomoanchan.
• Ixtlilton god of healing, maize, feasts and festivals.
• Macuilxochitl god of love, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, and song.
• Malinalxochi orceress and goddess of snakes, scorpions and insects of the desert.
• Metztli moon, the night, and farmer.
• Mextli god of war and storms.
• Nanauatzin sun god.
• Omacatl god of feasting, holidays and happiness.
• Omecihuatl creator of all life on Earth.
• Ometecuhtli god of fire; creator of all life on Earth.
• Ometeotl hermaphroditic god/dess.
• Opochtli god of hunting and fishing.
• Patecatl god of healing and fertility.
• Paynal
• Teoyaomqui god of dead warriors.
• Tepeyollotl god of earthquakes, echoes and jaguars.
• Teteoinnan mother of the gods.
• Tezcatlipoca god of the night, the north and temptation.
• Titlacauan --"--.
• Tlaloc god of rain and fertility.
• Tlazolteotl earth, sex, childbirth and a mother goddess.
• Tloquenahuaque creator god or ruler.
• Tonacacihuatl
• Tonacatecuhtli fertility god.
• Tonantzin mother goddess.
• Tonatiuh sun god and war.
• Ueuecoyotl god of promiscuity and wildness.
• Xilonen maize and fertility.
• Xipe Totec life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture, the west, disease, spring, goldsmiths and the seasons.
• Xiuhtecuhtli -> Huehueteotl.
• Xochipilli god of love, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, and song.
• Xochiquetzal goddess of flowers, fertility, games, dancing and agriculture, as well as craftsmen, prostitutes and pregnant women.
• Xocotl stellar god who presided over fire.
• Xolotl god of lightning and the one who aided the dead on their journey to Mictlan.
• Yacatecuhtli god of travelers, especially merchant travelers.

Gods - snaky

• Cihuacoatl fertility goddess.
• Ciucoatl
• Coatlicue fire and fertility.
• Mixcoatl god of the hunt, the north star and war.
• Quetzalcoatl
• Xiuhcoatl

God groups

• Centzon Totochtin
• Tzitzimime star gods or demons.

Supernatural creatures - Monster, angels...

• Cipactli source of the Earth.
• Ciuteoteo
• Civatateo
• Nagual
• Nahual
• Tecciztecatl
• Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli
• Tlaltecuhtli

Kings...

• Mictlantecuhtli

Places

• Iztaccihuatl
• Mictlan underworld.
• Popocatepetl
• Talocan first paradise.
• Tlillan-Tlapallan middle realm of the heaven (middle paradise).
• Tonatiuhichan highest paradise.

Human

• Mayahuel

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