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Tlaloc
Tlaloc is a major rain and storm deity of central Mexican, especially Nahua and Mexica (Aztec), religious tradition. He was associated with rain, fertility, springs, mountain water, lightning and the forces that could ei…
Omacatl
Omacatl is a deity associated in Aztec, or Mexica, religious tradition with feasting, banquets and festive abundance. His name is usually written Omacatl or Omácatl in modern publications. Unlike major Mexica gods such a…
Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca is one of the most powerful and complex deities in Aztec, or more broadly Nahua, religious tradition. His name is commonly translated as “Smoking Mirror,” a reference to the dark, reflective obsidian mirror …
Omecihuatl
Omecihuatl is a female figure associated with the highest level of Nahua cosmology and with the principle of sacred duality. Her name is usually translated as “Lady Two” or “Lady of Duality.” In colonial-era accounts, sh…
Ometochtli
Ometochtli, meaning “Two Rabbit” in Nahuatl, is a deity associated with pulque, the fermented drink made from the sap of the maguey or agave plant. He belongs to the religious traditions of central Mexico, especially tho…
Opochtli
Opochtli is a deity associated with fishing, aquatic resources and the practical skills of life around the lakes of central Mexico. He belongs to the religious world of the Nahua peoples, including the Mexica or Aztecs, …
Oxomoco
Oxomoco is an ancient Nahua figure associated with creation, divination and the keeping of ritual time. In Aztec and broader central Mexican traditions, she appears most often alongside Cipactonal, her male counterpart. …
Patecatl
Patecatl is a deity of ancient Nahua religion, commonly described as a god associated with medicine, healing substances, and the preparation of pulque. He belongs to the wider group of supernatural beings connected with …
Popocatepetl
Popocatépetl is an active volcano in central Mexico and one of the most recognisable sacred mountains of the Nahua-speaking world. Its name comes from Nahuatl and is commonly translated as “Smoking Mountain.” Although it…
Pulque
Pulque is a fermented alcoholic drink made from the sweet sap of the maguey, or agave, plant. In the religious traditions of central Mexico, especially those associated with the Mexica—often called the Aztecs—pulque was …
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl is one of the most important and complex divine figures associated with the Aztec, or Mexica, religious world. His name comes from Nahuatl: Quetzalcōātl, commonly translated as “Quetzal Serpent” or “Precious…