Chalchihuitlcue:
Lady Precious Green, wife of Tlaloc. A goddess of storms and water. The personification of youthful beauty, vitality and violence.
Coatlicue:
Earth monster. In the darkness and chaos before the Creation the female Earth Monster swam in the waters of the earth, devouring all that she saw. When the Gods Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca decided to impose form upon the Earth, they changed themselves into serpents and struggled with the Earth Monster untill they broke her in two. Coatlicue's lower part rose to form the heavens and her upper part descended to form the earth. Coatlicue will not bear fruit unless given human blood.
Cinteotl:
The corn God, the giver of food, God of fertility and regeneration. Cinteotl is protected by the rain Gods Tlaloc and Chalchihuitlcue.
Eueucoyotl:
Associated with gaiety and sex. A God of spontaneity, ostentatious ornament, unexpected pleasure and sorrow. A trickster and troublemaker, considered unlucky.
Huitzilopochtli:
God of war, son of Coatlicue. Principal god of the Aztecs. Often considered synonomus with Quetzacoatl.
Itzcoliuhqui:
The Twisted Obsidian One, the God of the Curved Obsidian Blade. God of darkness and destruction. Blinded and cast down from the heavens, he strikes out randomly at his victims.
Itzpapalotl:
Obsidian Butterfly. Beautiful, demonic, armed with the claws of a jaguar. The female counterpart of Itzcoliuhqui.
Mictlantechupi:
Ruler of the ninth underworld of The Land of the Dead.
Mitclancihuntl:
Female counterpart of Mictlantechupi.
Ometeotl:
God of Near and Close. The God above all, the being both male and female who created all life and existence. Ometeotl occupies Omeyocan, the highest of the Aztecs 13 heavens.
Quetzalcoatl:
The Feathered Serpent. The Precious Twin who lifts the sun out of darkness, God of the winds and the breath of life, First lord of the Toltecs. Quetzalcoatl is by far the most compassionate of the Aztec Gods, he only demands on sacrifice a year. Often considered synonomus with Hutzilopotchli.
Tezcatlipoca:
The Prince of This World, the Mirror that Smokes, the Shadow. A trickster, revered particularly by soldiers and magicians. The name refers to the black obsidian mirrors used by magicians to scry. A God of wealth, Tezcatlipoca's favors can only be won by those willing to face his terrors. Ruler over the early years of a man's life.
Tlaloc:
Lord of all sources of weather, clouds, rain, lightening, mountain springs and weather.
Tlazolteotl:
Eater of filth, devourer of sins, Goddess of Witches and Witchcraft. Tlazolteotl has power over all forms of unclean behaviour. Confessing sins to Tlazolteotl, one is cleansed. The Goddess has four forms, or aspects, corresponding to the phases of the moon: a young and carefree Temptress, the lover of Quetzalcoatl; the Goddess of gambling and uncertainty; the Great Priestess who consumes and destroys the sins of mankind; and frightful old Crone, persecutor and destroyer of youth.
Tonatiuth:
God of the Sun. Poor and ill, Tonatiuh cast himself in flames, and being burnt up, was ressurected. Daily Tonatiuh repeats his passage across the Heavens, down into darkness and back again into the sky. He carries all brave warriors who have died in battle, and all brave women who have died in childbirth.
Xipe Totec:
Lord of the Spring, God of newly planted seed and of pentitential torture. A pockmarked saviour who tears out his eyes and flays himself in penance to the Gods, thus persuading the Gods to give maize to men.Giving up his pockmarked skin, Xipe Totec is the clad in robes of gold.
Xiuhtecuhtli:
Lord of Fire, Lord of the Pole Star, pivot of the Universe, one of the forms of the Supreme Deity. The lord of every flame, from those that burn in the temples to those which burn in the lowliest huts.
Xolotl:
The God with backward feet who brought Man as well as Fire from the underworlds. Bringer of Misfortune.Quetzacoatl's deformed Twin.
