Cacahuatlācah Deities
CACAHUATLĀCAH DEITIES
- Ōmeteōtl – the Dual God, transcendental Creator and Creatrix, dwells in Ōmeyōcān (the highest realm of Topan, the 13 Heavens)
- Quetzalcōātl – god of the west, life, light, learning, wisdom, arts and crafts, the dawn, the winds, and noyāōyōtzin (venerable war against oneself the White Tezcatlipōca
- Huītzilōpōchtli – god of south, the sun, yāōyōtl (war as a general concept), willfulness, tlapalihuizōtl (benevolent or divine magic), hummingbirds, fire, and tlacayōtl (humanoid) sacrifice; the Blue Tezcatlipōca
- Xīpe Totēc – god of the east, life-death-rebirth cycle, snakes, agriculture, vegetation, springtime, precious metals (especially gold and silver), and yolquyāōyōtl (war against animals the Red Tezcatlipōca
- Tezcatlipōca – god of the north, night, night winds, all things unseen, hurricanes, obsidian, hostility, discord, rulership, judgement, divination, temptation, jaguars, nāhuallōtl (dark or malicious magic/sorcery), beauty, and tlacayāōyōtl (war against humanoids the Black Tezcatlipōca
- Tlāloc – god of rain, thunder, and lightning; one of the nine Yoalteuctin (Lords of the Night ruler of Tlālōcān (a paradise for victims of drowning)
- Chalchiuhtlicue – goddess of rivers, seas, streams, childbirth, female beauty, and purification; one of the nine Yoalteuctin (Lords of the Night)
- Tlāltēuctli – god of the earth
- Tlālcihuātl – goddess of the earth
- Mictlāntēcutli – god of the dead, king of Mictlān; one of the nine Yoalteuctin (Lords of the Night)
- Mictēcacihuātl – goddess of the dead, consort of Mictlāntēcutli, guard of the bones of the dead
- Xiuhtecuhtli – god of heat, time, the day, volcanoes, and the personification of life after death, warmth in the cold, light in the darkness, and flood during famine
- Chantico – goddess of the hearth
- Xōchiquetzal – goddess of sex, flowers, love, pregnancy, weaving, and embroidery
- Coyolxāuhqui – goddess of the moon; leader of the Tzitzimimeh
- Xolotl – god of twins, monsters, misfortune, sickness, deformities, the evening, and psychopomp; appears as an eyeless dog who protects the sun as it travels through Mictlān
- Piltzintecuhtli – god of the rising sun, mundane healing, and hallucinations
- Centeōtl – god of maize, subsistence, and agriculture
- Tlahzolteōtl – goddess of vice, hygiene, lust, filth, purification, and sexual misdeeds
- Tepēyōllōtl – god of caves and echoes
- Macuilcozcacuauhtli – god of gluttony
- Macuiltochtli – god of drunkenness
- Macuilxochitl – god of gambling and music
- Xōchipilli – god of visual art, games, singing, dancing, homosexuality, and male prostitution
- Ixtlilton – god of well-being, peaceful sleep, and good fortune
- Oxomo – goddess of astrology and calendars
- Mixcōhuātl – god of fishing
- Chalchiuhtotolin – god of disease, plague, contamination, and forgiveness
- Itztlacoliuhqui – god of coldness, frost, objectivity, and blind justice
- Yacatecuhtli – god of commerce, travellers, messengers, and merchants
- Ītzpāpālōtl – goddess of Tomoanchan (paradise underworld for the souls of dead children)
- Huixtocihuatl – goddess of salt and saltwater
- Atlacoya – goddess of drought
- Malinalxochitl – goddess of snakes, scorpions, and insects
- Cihuacōātl – goddess of midwifery
- Tōnatiuh – god of midday
- Ometochtli – god of cacahuactli (cacao wine)
- Ehēcatl – god of the wind
- Cualliteōtl – god of feather-workers and weapon-makers
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