Téotl was the sovereign god. Creator and holder of the world.
Eternal and invisible. Immortal and indestructible.
He was never represented with images.
He was worshiped in a single temple located in the city of Texcoco.
He was one god but shared masculine and feminine characteristics.
His name means Lord and Lady of Duality.
She lived in the water and in the highest clouds and took care of the world only when a woman was going to give birth, sending sparks of life to the new being.
The name Tezcatlipoca means The smoke mirror, so when they made an idol dedicated to this god, they covered it with a chalk that produced metallic reflections. It was depicted in black with yellow stripes.
He was one of the four creator gods. They linked him to the moon and all the evil star gods.
They thought Tezcatlipoca was the inventor of fire.
The name Quetzacóatl means feathered snake or feathered snake. Quetzal feathers were a precious item for Mexicans, of great value.
And the word coatl means twin brother. For that reason, the name Quetzalcóatl was also translated as a precious twin.
He was the god of the wind, of life, of the morning, of the planet Venus, of twins and of monsters.
According to the oldest legends, Quetzalcóatl was born when there was no light, no life, no movement in the world.
He separated the heavens from the earth and held the celestial vault.
Its emblem, the feathered serpent, adorned the most important buildings and when they celebrated their feast, pilgrims from the farthest regions came to worship it.
He was a very old deity.
The name Huehuetéotl meant “old god” and was the god of fire.
It was also related to the four cardinal points. For that reason, the braziers where the fire was kept carried a cross as an ornament.
He was depicted wearing turquoise mosaics that was a distinctive attribute of Mexican kings.
This god was represented by empty eye sockets from which flames came up and down.
Legend has it that when the gods offered themselves in sacrifice for the new sun to be born, it wept so much that his eyes fell out of the orbits.
His name meant, “Lord of the earth.”
He was depicted as a horrifying monster with attributes of toad and crocodile, who swallowed the afternoon sun with an open mouth.
He was a god who dwelt in darkness, the abode of the dead.
He had alligator attributes.
When the dead descended into the underworld, they must fight a battle and defeat it before meeting the lord of the dead.
He was the god of youth, dancing, love, and play.
His name meant prince flower.
When they celebrated their feast, they offered them prisoners of war in sacrifice.
They believed that those who did not fast in their honor would be punished with terrible diseases.
He was the god of fun, joy and holidays.
His name meant two-reed.
They portrayed him as a chubby man painted black and white. On his head he was wearing a kind of crown from which papers of many colors hung.
He was very revered by cooks. They invoked him when they had to prepare a banquet so that his food would not cause any discomfort to the diners.
He was also worshipped by the rich. When they offered a banquet they placed an idol of the god that had a hole in their stomach. The host took care of placing delicacies in the hole to keep the god happy. They thought that if they did not, the god would avenge him causing dizziness and indigestion.
His name meant “cloud snake.”
He was the god of the hunt. For this reason he was depicted with a deer or a rabbit and carried a beam of arrows.
He was the god of alcoholic beverages — pulque- and drunkenness.
They represented him like a rabbit.
In his honor, they sacrificed intoxicated intoxicants.
His name meant that of the left hand.
He was the favorite god of hunters and fishermen. They thought he had invented the fishing harpon and the bird hunting net.
He was depicted as a black man wearing his head decorated with bird feathers and a paper rose. He wore white sandals and in his left hand he wore a shield decorated with a white flower. In his right hand he was carrying a scepter in the shape of a cup
He was the preferred deity of trade travelers who traveled the territory offering their goods.
Its symbol was a cane like those used by travelers as a companion on the road.
Among the female deities of the Aztecs, there was one in particular representing the earth in its creative, life-giving and destructive facet. Every facet of that goddess bore a distinctive name, but she was the same goddess. This was called Coatlicue, Chicomecoatlor Tlazoteotl, depending on the circumstances.
His name meant “the one in the snake skirt.”
She was Huitzilopochtli's mother.
She was the goddess of the earth and of life.
She was depicted as a woman in a snake skirt. His neck was adorned with a necklace made from the hearts of the victims who offered him for sacrifice. She was a sacrificial goddess.
His face was formed by two intertwined snakes, showing his teeth.
Instead of fingers, on his hands and feet he had claws.
His name meant “seven snakes.”
She was the goddess of fertility and water.
When the Aztecs represented a featherless snake, it represented the water and fertility of the fields
On his behalf, he had spikes of corn in his hands.
They celebrated their feast when the corn plant was ready for harvest and there they offered a young woman in sacrifice.
Her name meant: goddess of filth
She made people's evil deeds disappear, swallowing them.
On the one hand she was the protective goddess of pregnant women and midwives.
On the other hand she was the goddess of love desire and protected sorcerers and lustful men.
Its name meant the emerald skirt or the jade skirt.
She was the goddess of lakes and rivers.
They represented her as a very beautiful maiden, richly dressed.
He was wearing precious stone necklaces and gold rings.
Her dress was green and in her right hand she had a vase with a cross emblem representing the four cardinal points.
That was the name of a set of gods that were related to agriculture.
Each of these gods personified some aspect of the corn plant, the vital food of the Aztec people.
And the goddess Chihuacóatl was the most important of the group.
That's what the mother goddess of tender corn was called. He also presided over the appearance of flowers and musical festivals.
She was Centeotl's wife.
She was venerated together with the goddess Chihuacóatl and in her honor the Aztecs sacrificed a maiden.