| AZTEC GODS & GODDESSES |
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| AZTEC GODS & GODDESSES |
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Cihuacoatl: a goddess whose roaring signalled War.
Centeotl: the Corn god. He was a son of Tlazolteotl and the husband of Xochiquetzal.
Chalchiuhtlicue: the goddess of running Water. She was the sister of Tlaloc.
Chantico: the goddess of Hearth Fires and Volcanoes.
Chicomecoatl: the goddess of Corn and Fertility.
Coyolxauhqui: the moon goddess.
Ehecatl: Ehecatl was the god of the Wind.
Huitzilopochtli: the son of Coatlicue and a god of War and the Sun.
Huixtocihuatl: the goddess of Salt.
Itzpapalotl: a goddess of Agriculture.
Ixtlilton: the god of Healing, Feasting, and Games.
Macuilxochitl: the god of Music and Dance.
Mayahuel: Mayahuel was a goddess of Maguey.
Metztli: the Moon god.
Mictlan: the underworld and home of all the dead except warriors and women who died in labor.
Mictlantecihuatl: the lady and goddess of Mictlan and the Realm of the Dead.
Mictlantecuhtli: the lord and god of Mictlan and the dead.
Ometecuhtli: the god of Duality.
Patecatl: the god of Medicine.
Paynal: the messenger to Huitzilopochtli.
Quetzalcoati: In Aztec and Toltec mythology, Quetzalcoati was the feathered serpent god. In ancient Mexican mythology, Quetzalcoatl was the god of the Air. He presided over commerce, and was said to have predicted the coming of the Spaniards.
Teoyaomqui: the god of Dead Warriors.
Tlaloc: the great Rain and Fertility god. He lived at Tlalocan with the corn goddesses.
Tlalocan: Tlalocan was the earthly paradise of Tlaloc, located in the East, the place of Light and Life. It was where the souls of those killed by lightning, dropsy, skin diseases, and those sacrificed to Tlaloc went.
Tlazolteotl: the goddess of Licentiousness.
Tonacatecuhtli: the creator and provider of Food.
Tonatiuh: Tonatiuh was a Sun god, the eagle, and heavenly warrior.
Xilonen: the goddess of young Maize. She was a wife of Tezcatlipoca.
Xipe Totec: the god of Seedtime.
Xochipilli: the god of Feasting and young Maize.
Yacatecuhtli: the god of Merchant Adventurers.
Coyolxauhqui was the Moon goddess according the Aztec mythology. Her name means "Golden Bells." She was the daughter of the Earth goddess, Coatlicue and the sister of the Sun god, Huitzilopochtli. Coyolxauhqui encouraged her four hundred sisters and brothers to kill their dishonored mother. Coatlicue gave birth to Huitzilopochtli after a ball of feathers fell into the temple where she was sweeping and touched her. Huitzilopochtli sprang out of his mother as an adult fully armed and saver her.
Coatlicue regretted such violence. Thus, Huitzilopochtli cut off Coyolxauhqui's head and threw it into the sky to form the Moon.
Finally the Aztec Sunstone
The Myth of Coyolxauhqui
