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Aztec Religion

Aztec Religion. Religious Studies 260 Spring 2012. Itzpapalotl : Obsidian or Clawed Butterfly. Itzpapalotl is the Obsidian or Clawed Butterfly, the Feminine Warrior. Itzpapalotl is often depicted as a skeletal being with jaguar claws and wings edged by obsidian knifes .

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Aztec Religion

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  1. Aztec Religion Religious Studies 260 Spring 2012

  2. Itzpapalotl: Obsidian or Clawed Butterfly • Itzpapalotl is the Obsidian or Clawed Butterfly, the Feminine Warrior. • Itzpapalotl is often depicted as a skeletal being with jaguar claws and wings edged by obsidian knifes. • Itzpapalotl stands for purification or rejuvenation by sacrifice of that what is precious.

  3. Mixcoatl: The Masked God • The Aztec god of the hunt and war, and god of the polar star. • He is either the son of Iztpapalotl. • He is said to be the father of Huitzilopochtli.

  4. Huitzilopochtli: Hummingbird of the Left/South • He is associated with the sun and fire. • Huitzilopochtli is a warrior armed the with the ferrociousXiuhcoatl, or "Fire Snake". • He is a god of war, sun, human sacrifice and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan.

  5. Coatlicue: Serpent Skirt • TeteoInan is another name for her, which means mother of the gods. • She is represented as a woman wearing a skirt of writhing snakes and a necklace made of human hearts, hands, and skulls. Her feet and hands are adorned with claws and her breasts are depicted as hanging flaccid from nursing. Her face is formed by two facing serpents.

  6. Coyolxauhqui: Face with Painted Bells • One of Huitzilopochtli’s sisters. • Moon goddess • Led the attack on her mother, Coatlicue. • Killed by her brother who threw hew decapitated head into the sky to become to moon in order to comfort their mother by allowing her to be able to see her daughter every night.

  7. Huehuecoyotl: Very Old Coyote or Ancient Drum • Trickster deity! (Every religion needs one!) • God of story telling and music. • Can change genders and is bisexual. • He is depicted in the as a dancing coyote with human hands and feet, accompanied by a human drummer.

  8. Xochiquetzal: Flower Feathers • Goddess of love, beauty, female sexuality, prostitutes, flowers and young mothers. • Prominent lover of Huehuecoyotland twin of Xochipilli. • She is often displayed surrounded by flowers and butterflies, and accompanied by a hummingbird or an ocelotl. • Said to have birthed Quetzalcoatl by Mixcoatl.

  9. Xochipilli: Flower Prince • Twin brother of Xochiquetzal. • Lover of Huehuecoyotl. • Patron of homosexuals and male prostitutes.

  10. Tlaloc: Rain God or He Who Makes Things Sprout • Tlaloc is commonly depicted as a goggle-eyed blue being with jaguar fangs. Often he is presented wearing a net of clouds, a crown of heron feather and foam sandals. He carries rattles to make thunder. • Original husband of Xochiquetzal until Tezcatlipoca kidnapped her and she was forced to marry him. • He is known for having demanded child sacrifices.

  11. Tepeyollotl: Heart of the Mountains • This god is associated with jaguars, and so is often depicted as a jaguar or a man wearing a jaguar skin leaping toward the sun.

  12. Ometeotl: God of Duality • Resided in the highest level of heaven from which he/she created the cosmos and continually creates life.

  13. Tezcatlipoca: Lord of the Smoking Mirror • One of the four sons of Ometeotl, he is associated with a wide range of concepts, including the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war and strife. • A central deity in Aztec religion, and his main festival was the Toxcatl ceremony celebrated in the month of May.

  14. Quetzalcoatl: The Plumed Serpent • He was also called Precious Twin. • He was a Toltec and an Aztec god. • He is either another of the four sons of Ometeotlor the son of Mixcoatl and Xochiquetzal. • He is also known as the White Tezcatlipoca, to contrast him to the black Tezcatlipoca.

  15. Xolotl: The Twin • He is Quetzalcoatl’s twin who is said to have assisted in creating the current world. • As Quetzalcoatl’s twin, he would be another of Ometeotl’s four sons. • He is said to be a shapeshifter.

  16. XipeTotec: Our Lord the Flayed One • Also one of the sons of Ometeotl. • He is also known as the Red Tezcatlipoca, to contrast him to the black Tezcatlipoca. • Many human sacrifices were made to this deity, often with the priests wearing the skin of the slaughtered.

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