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AZTEC GODS

Added on: 6th Dec 2015

 

HUITZILOPOCHTLI DIDN’T REALLY LIKE HIS

SIBLINGS THAT MUCH

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Huitzilopochtli’s mother, Coatlicue, conceived him after having kept in

her bosom a ball of hummingbird feathers that fell from the sky.

Huitzilopochtli, who became the Aztec god of the obsidian knife, sprang

forth from his mother’s belly to kill his siblings before they killed him.

Now that’s brotherly love.

 

 

HUITZILOPOCHTLI CAN BE FOUND ON MEXICO’S FLAG

Mexico's flag

Huitzilopochtli’s first shrine was built on the spot where Mexica priests

found an eagle that was poised upon a rock while devouring a snake,

an image so important to Mexican culture that it is portrayed on the

national flag of Mexico. The eagle was seen as a representation of the

sun god Huitzilopochtli and was very important to the Mexicans who

referred to themselves as the “People of the Sun”.

 

 

OMETECUHTLI WAS THE ONLY AZTEC GOD TO

WHOM NO TEMPLE WAS ERECTED

Quetzalcoatl_Ehecatl

Despite being one of the primordial gods and lord of life, Ometecuhtli

was the only Aztec god for whom no temple was erected. This

happened because the Aztecs saw him as remote in the heavens and

assumed he would never interact with them directly, but they were

aware of his presence in every ritual act and in every rhythm of nature.

 

 

XOCHIQUETZAL SHARES QUITE A FEW SIMILARITIES

WITH APHRODITE AND PERSEPHONE FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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Xochiquetzal was the patroness of erotic love just like Aphrodite in

Greek mythology. She was also the goddess of vegetation, artistry, and

the protector of prostitutes. It was also believed she was taken against her

will to the Underworld by Xolotl because she had eaten a

forbidden fruit. Ring any bells?

 

 

AND SHE HAD A “HIPPIE” TWIN

Xochipilli

Xochiquetzal’s twin, Xochipilli, was the god of flowers, maize, love,

games, song, and dance. He could easily be the god of hippies now

that we think about it.

 

 

OMETEOTL WAS IN REALITY TWO GODS IN ONE

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Ometeotl (“Two God”) is a name sometimes used to refer to the pair

of Aztec gods Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl. Ometecuhtli and his

female counterpart, Omecihuatl, represented the primordial forces

of nature and duality, and were considered the parents of many of the

other major gods. Sometimes they are called husband and wife, but they

were really considered two sides of the same dualistic god and were

sometimes depicted as a half-man, half-woman figure.

 

 

QUETZALCÓATL WAS THE CREATOR OF HUMANS

Quetzalcoatl

Quetzalcóatl was a very important god; it was believed he was the

one who created humans.  However, he wasn’t the first to create them.

According to Aztec mythology, the world had been created four times

before, and destroyed by infighting each time. Quetzalcóatl retrieved

human bones from the underworld and added his blood to

bring them to life.

 

 

BUT HIS BEST FRIEND WAS A DOG-HEADED GOD

Xolotl

They say that a dog is man’s best friend, but in Quetzalcóatl’s case it

appears they are a god’s best friend, too. With Xolotl as his companion,

a dog-headed god, Quetzalcóatl was said to have descended to the

underground hell of Mictlan to gather the bones of the ancient dead.

Those bones he anointed with his own blood, giving birth to the

men who inhabit the present universe.

 


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