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Bookmark or Share- Aztec Gods - MythopediaThe Aztec gods and goddesses were a bloodthirsty group whose constant warring with each other led to a cycle of death and rebirth for all humanity. Each of the first four ages was ruled by a different deity, or “sun,” and each age ended in violence before a new sun was chosen.
- Huitzilopochtli – MythopediaMythology. Huitzilopochtli played many roles within the Aztec pantheon. He led the Mexica people to Tenochtitlan, the eventual seat of power of the Aztec Empire, and was venerated as the primary god of war.
- Quetzalcoatl – MythopediaQuetzalcoatl was the Aztec’s Feathered Serpent god, controller of winds and bringer of maize. A clever shapeshifter, he used his wits to trick the Lord and Lady of Death into giving him the bones that he shaped into mankind.
- Xipe Totec - MythopediaXipe Totec, literally “Our Lord the Flayed One,” was the Aztec god of agriculture, seasons, and goldsmiths. He was worshiped with rituals of gladiatorial combat and human sacrifice, culminating with his priests wearing the victim’s flayed skin.
- Tonatiuh – MythopediaTonatiuh was created on naui olin, or “4-Movement.” This name was part of a prophecy predicting that the current age would be destroyed by earthquakes. Attributes. Tonatiuh was usually depicted wearing red paint and an eagle headdress. This vignette from the Codex Telleriano-Remensis illustrates the death of the conquistador Pedro de Alvarado.
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