Aztec Mythology/Characters

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The characters who can be found in the Aztec beliefs. There are over 100 deities and supernatural creatures in the mythology as a whole so it'll take a while to fill up this page.

Quetzalcoatl

The god of the Morning Star. He was also the patron of the Aztec priests.

Tezcatlipoca

The god of rulers, sorcerers and warriors; night, death, discord, conflict, temptation and change.

Tlaloc

The god of rain, fertility, and lightning.

  • Ax Crazy: Quetzalcoatl once asked him to make it rain, after denying humanity water. Tlaloc killed everything on earth by making it rain fire.
  • Human Sacrifice: The most well-known aspect of him.
  • Shock and Awe: As the controller of lightning, he did this a lot.
  • The Grotesque: By our standards at least. Tlaloc was green-skinned, goggle-eyed, with a cleft lip and fangs. And of course, this leads to...
  • Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Both Xochiquetzal and Chalchiuhtlicue were gorgeous.

Tonatiuh

The current sun god; originally Tecciztecatl was meant to be the sun god, but was too cowardly, so Tonatiuh (then Nanahuatzin) sacrificed himself to become the sun god and therefore Tonatiuh. Tecciztecatl joined as well, but due to his cowardice a rabbit was thrown on his face and therefore he became the Moon.

Xochiquetzal

The goddess of the flowers, dancing and beauty. The first wife of Tlaloc.

Xochipilli:

The god of flowers, dancing, beauty and homosexuality. Xochiquetzal's twin.

Chalchiuhtlicue

The goddess of love, beauty, youth, lakes, rivers, seas, streams, horizontal waters, storms, and baptism. The second wife of Tlaloc.

  • Making a Splash: She was the goddess of water itself, and sacrificial victims to her were drowned.

Mictlantecuhtli

The god of the underworld, Mictlan.

  • Dark Is Not Evil: Mictlan, while the worst of the three Aztec afterlifes, wasn't really a bad place Once you endured the four-year journey it took to get there.
  • Dem Bones: He was depicted as a skeleton in the regalia of a king.
  • Impossible Task: Gave one to Quetzalcoatl when he showed up.

Huitzilopochtli

The god of war.

Tlazolteotl:

The Goddess of sin and absolution, specially sexual sins. Also associated with the earth, midwives and steambaths.

  • Dishing Out Dirt: She's somewhat associated with the Earth in some of her forms. Also associated with dirt and filth, both literally and metaphorically.
  • Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!: One of her names is Toci, "Grandmother". Despite this, she's normally shown as young and hot.

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