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Aztec mythology
The Aztec civilization recognized many gods and supernatural creatures.
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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
God groups
Supernatural creatures - Monster, angels...
Kings...
Places
Human
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