AZTEC DEITIES - QUICK REFERENCE ACOLNAHUACATL- "The One From the Twisted Region" AMAPAN- "Ball Court God" "Patron deity of the Ball" AMIHMITL- "Chichimec God" ATLACOAYA- "Pulque God" ATLATONAN- "Goddess of Lepers" ATLAUA - "Master of Waters" CAMAXTLI- "Lord of the Chase" CENTEOTL (Cinteotl)- "The Corn God" "Young Lord Maize Cob" CHALCHIHUITLICUE- "Goddess of the Sea(*6) and Lakes" "Jade Skirt" CHALMECCACIHUATL- "The Sacrificer" CHANTICO- "In the House" CHICOMECOATL- "The Goddess of Sustenance" CHICONQUIAHUITL- "Seven Rain" CHIMAMATL- "Shield Hand" CHIUACOATL- "Woman Snake" CHIUATETEO- "Celestial Princess" CHIUHNAUHYOTEUCTLI- "Lord of the Nine" CHIMALMAN- "One Who Has Sat Like A Shield" CIPACTONAL- "Calendar God" CITLALICUE- "God of the Night Sky" CITLALATONAC- "The Milky Way" COATLICUE- "Mother of Gods" COLHUACATZINCATL- "Pulque Deity" COYOLXAUHQUI- "She with the Belled Cheeks" COZCAMIAHUATL- "Cornflower Necklace" CUAUHTLAXAYAUH- "Eagle Face" CUEXCOCH- "Blue Sky" HUEHUETEOTL- "Old, Old Deity" HUITZILOPOCHTLI- "Left Handed Hummingbird" "God of War(*7)" HUIXTOCIHUATL- "Goddess of Water" "Goddess of Salt" ILAMATECUHTLI- "Old Mother Goddess" ILANCUEYE- "She of the Old Lady Skirt" ILHUICAMINA- "He Who Shoots Arrows at the Heavens" ITZCAQUE- "He Who Has Obsidian Sandals" ITZLACOHUIHQUI- "Curved Obsidian Knife" "God of Frost" ITZPAPALOTL- Obsidian Butterfly" IXILLAN TONAN- "Goddess of Grass Mountain" IXPUZTEQUE- "He of the Broken Foot" IXQUIMILLI- "The Blindfolded One" IXQUITECATL- "God of Sorcerers" IXTILTON-"Little Black One" IZTACCIHUATL- "White Woman" IZTACMIXCOATL- "Father of Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatliopoca" MACUILTOTEC- "God of the Arsenal" MACUILXOCHITL- "Patron of Gambling" "Deity of Flowers & Song" MATLALCUEYE- "Blue Skirt" MAYAHUEL- "Goddess of the Maguay Plant" METZTLI - "The Moon" MICAPETLACALLI- "The Box of Death" MICTECACIHUALTL- "Mistress to Mictlantecahtli" MICTLANTECAHTLI- "The Lord of the Dead" "Lord of Darkness" MIXCOATL (CAMAXTLI)- "Cloud Snake" "Ruler of the Milky Way" NANAUTZIN - "The Sun" NAPPATECUTLI- "God of Mat-Makers" NAUHYOTEUCTLI- "Lord of the Four Directions" NESOXOCHI- "The One Who Strews Flowers" NEXTEPEUA-"He Who Rains Ashes" NOCHPALLI ICUE- "Her Skirt is Prickly Pears" OMACATL- "Two Reed" "The God of the Feast" OMETEOTL- "Duel Divinity" OMETECUHTLI-"The Creator God" OMETOCHTLI- "God of Pulque" OZTOTEOTL- "The God of Caves" PAPAZTEC- "Pulque Deity" PATECATL-"Pulque God" PAYNAL- "Messenger God" PILTZINTECUHTLI-"Youthful God" "The Planet Mercury" POPOCATEPETL- "Smoke Mountain" PPILIMTEC- "God of Music" QUETZALCOATL- "God of Wind" "The Creator God" QUILAZTLI- "She Who Makes Legumes Grow" "God of Midwives" TECCIZTECATL - " The Moon God" TECHALOTL- "Squirrel" TECHLOTL- "God of the Underworld" TETEO INNAN-(TOCI)- "Mother of the Gods" TEPEYOLLOTL- "Heart of the Mountain" TEUCCIZTECATL- "The Moon" TEZCATLIPOCA-"The Mirror That Smokes""He Whose Slaves We Are" TEZCATZONCATL- "Pulque God?" TLACAHUEPAN- "Younger Brother of Huitzilopochtli" TLAHUIZCALPANTECUHTLI- "Dawn Lord" TLACHIHUALTEPETL- "Lord of Many Colors" TLALCHITONATIUH- "Groundward Sun" TLALOQUE or TEPICTOTON- "Tlaloc's dwarfish attendants" TLALOC- "The Rain God" "He Who Makes Things Grow" TLALTECAYOA- "He of the Round Earth" TLALTECUHTLI- "The Frog Monster" "The Earth-Lord" TLAZOLTEOL- "The Goddess of Filthy Things" TLAZOPILLI - "Precious Lord" TLILPOTONQUI- "Feathered In Black" TLOQUE NAHUAQUE- "Immanent One" TONATIUH- "The Sun(*8) God" "The Old One" TONACATEUCTLI-Agricultural Deity" TORQUEMADA II- "Underworld God" TOTEC CHICAHUA- "Our Aged Lord" TZAPATLAN TENEN- "The Goddess of Turpentine" TZINTEOTL- "The Goddess of the Rump" TZITZIMITL-"Demonic Night Creatures" TZONTEMOC- "He Who Fell Head First" UAPPATZIN- "Ball Court God" "Patron deity of the Ball Court" UIXTOCIHUATL- "Goddess of cultivated foods" XIPE TOTEC- "Our Lord of the Flayed One" "Ruler of the East" XOCHIPILLI- "The Prince of Flowers" XOCHIQUETZAL- "Flower Quetzal" "Patroness of Erotic Love" XILONEN- "Tender of the Ear of Corn" XIPPILLI-"The Jeweled Prince" XIUHTEUCTLI- Turquoise Lord" "Fire God" "Prince of the Dawn" XOLOTL- "The Dog Headed Monster" "Twin Brother to Quetzalcoatl" YACATECUHTLI- "The Long-Nosed God" "The God of Merchants" YAOMICQUI- "One Who Has Died at the Hands of the Enemy" YAUHTECATL- "Pulque God" YOHUALTONATIUH- "The Night Sun" YOHUALTICITL- "Midwife of the Night" ZACAZONTLI- "God of Roads" ____________________ 6 The Mexica viewed the sea as extending outward and up until it merged with the sky. The sea and sky were one, the sea was known as "Sky Waters" or according to Sahagun, "teoatl", meaning marvelous water. The sky was known to contain water which descend on the Mexica as a flood or life giving sustenance. Some legends have four trees holding the sky at the corners of the world. There are many legends concerning creation myths, consult Duran, Sahagun, and Brundage. 7 The Mexica word for war was "yaoyotl", meaning "The Warriors Business". There was a glyph symbol called "teoatl tlachinolli", meaning divine liquid and burnt things, (blood and fire). The glyph was in the form of an eagle's beak as he sat on the cactus where Tenochtitlan was founded. Symbolized the screaming of the eagle for war. The Mexica thought war was an influence of the sun. All gods took pleasure watching the exertion of battle, the chaos. Gods were thought to enjoy watching human conflict and manipulated the Mexica. 8 The Mexica thought that the sun spent half of it's time in the dark underworld as a sort of wrinkled and ugly being, or "Night Sun". In general the Mexica shunned the night and only trained and brave priests ventured forth into the night.