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.
Primordial Beings
The pair of deities also known as Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl which supposedly predate and created everything. Ometeotl is what it was called, regarded as one as the first divinity, and Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl when the being became two to be able to reproduce all creation. The existence of such a concept and its significance is a matter of dispute among scholars of Mesoamerican religion. Ōme translates as "two" or "dual" in Nahuatl and teōtl translates as "god".
- I Have Many Names: "Heavenly Lord/Lady", "Lord/Lady of Our Food", "Lord/Lady of Our Flesh", "Lord/Lady of Our Sustenance", "Lord/Lady of Abundance" and others.
- The Old Gods: Assuming they actually existed and weren't made up by the Spanish conquistadors.
An enormous crocodilian monster that lived in the primordial waters before Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca teamed up to slay it and make the world from its corpse. Cipactli's origin and gender are unknown.
- Animalistic Abomination: Essentially Godzilla without any radioactive powers. Cipactli had to be killed by the combined powers of two Top Gods and even then it was still alive and hungry.
- Big Eater: It ate everything it came across. Even after it was repurposed into building material for the new world, it was still craving food.
- Giant Corpse World: Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca joined forces (with Tez using his foot as bait, which later got bitten off) and created all dry land from the body of Cipactli.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: As far as records go, it was described as being part-crocodile, part-frog and part-fish.
- Too Many Mouths: This thing had a mouth on every joint of its body.
Creature sometimes referred to as the "earth monster," Tlaltecuhtli's dismembered body was the basis for the world in the Aztec creation story of the fifth and final cosmos. In carvings, Tlaltecuhtli is often depicted as an anthropomorphic being with splayed arms and legs. Considered the source of all living things, she had to be kept sated by human sacrifices which would ensure the continued order of the world.
- Humanoid Abomination: Resembles a squatting person with frog-esque limbs and large gaping mouth.
- Sea Monster: Dwelled in the ocean after the fourth Great Flood.
Translated "skirt of snakes"), wife of Mixcōhuātl, also known as Tēteoh īnnān ("mother of the gods") is the goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Huītzilōpōchtli, the god of the sun and war. The goddesses Toci “our grandmother” and Cihuacōātl “snake woman”, the patron of women who die in childbirth, were also seen as aspects of Cōātlīcue.
- Mother Goddess: Birthed Huitzilopochtli among other deities.
The Four Creator Gods
The god of the morning star, light, wind, and corn. He was also the patron of the Aztec priests.
- Animalistic Abomination: More precisely, a Draconic Abomination. He's a primordial deity whose true form is a massive feathered snake, though he's a mostly benevolent example.
- Beware the Nice Ones: When his father, Mixcoatl, was slain by his uncles, the Centzon Mimixcoa ("Four Hundred Cloud-Serpents"), he went on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge, slaying them all and sacrificing them on a temple he built to his father. The Feathered Serpent has some fangs on him.
- Blow You Away: He was the god of wind, also known as Ehecatl.
- Cain and Abel: With Tezcatlipoca, being famously rivals constantly in conflict in mythology. However neither can be said to be "good" or "evil", though Quetzalcoatl is certainly the least aggressive of the two parties.
- Celibate Hero: He was a virgin up until the sister-boinking incident.
- Depending on the Artist: Did Q have wings or not?
- Depending on the Writer: Whether he demanded human sacrifice or not was often argued, though he's generally agreed to have at least discouraged them being used for him specifically.
- Dragons Are Divine: Though some don't quite agree with the interpretation of him as a dragon, he's often viewed as such in modern times.
- Enemy Mine: Teamed up with Tezcatlipoca to slay Cipactli.
- Feathered Serpent: Quite possibly the Trope Codifier, in fact most examples are either partly based off of him or are simply named after him.
- Giant Flyer: So giant, in fact, that he was the namesake for a real life giant flyer: the prehistoric Quetzalcoatlus. Now, whether or not Quetzalcoatl had wings depends on the depiction, but he was still consistently capable of flight.
- God in Human Form: The legendary king of Tula was believed to be Quetzalcoatl in human form.
- Hybrid Monster: His true form is a gigantic, coiling animal that looks like a cross between a snake and a bird.
- I Have Many Names: The Plumed Serpent deity was also known as Kukulkan to the Maya and Tepeu Q'uq'umatz to the K'iche'.
- King in the Mountain: According to many accounts of the myths, Quetzalcoatl sailed to the east and swore he would someday return.
- Mighty Whitey: When in human form, he was often described as light-skinned - which, according to many accounts, is why Cortez recieved such a warm reception. This theory is largely considered irrelevant by scholars nowadays. The consensus is that the Spanish probably put that little spin on the story to paint themselves in a better light. The confusion may have stemmed from Quetzalcoatl being described as "White Tezcatlipoca", or having white hair (he was often depicted as an old man).
- The Old Gods: Quetzalcoatl was the name the Mexica gave to the primordial feathered serpent deity that dated back to the Olmec, and according to some variations of the origin myths he was one of the first gods born. Basically, Quetzacoatl is a very, very, very old god.
- Token Good Teammate: He was just about the only Aztec god that didn't demand huge amounts of bloody sacrifice. This is actually a misconception, however; human sacrifices given to Tonatiuh were meant for Ehecatl, Quetz's aspect as god of the windnote , so if anything he received the most human sacrifices. Also, none of the Aztec gods can really be called "evil".
The god of the night sky and winds, temptation, sorcery, the earth (especially obsidian) and change through conflict among many others.
- Animal Motif: Jaguars
- Artificial Limbs: His right foot was replaced with, depending on the version, an obsidian mirror, a snake, or a deer's hoof.
- Cain and Abel: He and Quetzalcoatl were eternal rivals and enemies.
- Casting a Shadow: He is the god of the night sky and night winds so he has some association with darkness. Both physically and metamorphically as befitting a trickster.
- Dark Is Not Evil: A complicated case. He is not evil per se, and was one of the most worshipped gods of the Mexica people, both as a protector of the tlatoani and slaves alike. However, he is a major Jerkass God and responsible for several apocalypses, so depictions in modern media as a villain are not sprung out of thin air either.
- Disabled Deity: His attempt to lure Cipactli to the surface backfired badly when it bit off his foot. He ended up using an obsidian mirror as a prosthetic.
- Enemy Mine: Teamed up with Quetzalcoatl to slay Cipactli.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Tezcatlipoca isn't technically a name, it's a title, one shared by Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli, and Xipe Totec (White, Blue, and Red respectively, with Tezcatlipoca being Black).
- God of Darkness: The god of night and chaos, associated with the night sky and obsidian.
- Handicapped Badass: Has a mirror/snake as a peg leg, depending on what myth you look at.
- Hot God: Funnily enough, he was the god of beauty.
- Meaningful Name: His name is oftne translated to mean "Smoking Mirror", referring to obsidian, sharp volcanic glass often used as mirrors or other purposes.
- Manipulative Bastard: Tezcatlipoca was not a god of tricksters for nothing and wormed his way into Quetzalcoatl's court in Tula through manipulation.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: His epithets include "The Mocker", "Enemy of Both Sides" and "He Whose Slaves We Are"
- Older Than They Look: "The Young Man" is one of his titles, as he is perpetually presented as such.
- One-Winged Angel: When Quetzalcoatl toppled him from his position as the First Sun, Tezzy was so enraged he transformed into a massive jaguar and ate just about everyone. He stayed in this state well into Quetzalcoatl's reign as the Second Sun, and was the one who overthrew him.
- Panthera Awesome: He often turned up in jaguar form.
- Pet the Dog: He also happened to be the god of slaves and expected them to be treated well. Woe to those who mistreat their slaves as severe punishment would soon follow as implied by everything else.
- Running Both Sides: By his epithet of Necoc Yaotl, meaning "Enemy of Both Sides".
- Trickster God: He was the one of Aztec lore, but in a different sense than Huehuecoyotl. He was a Manipulative Bastard who caused stife and discord, but for the purposes of change.
The god of the sun, warfare, military conquest, sacrifice and the South. He was the patron of the city, Tenochtitlan.
- Badass Adorable: He was often associated with hummingbirds.
- Beat Still, My Heart: The infamous heart-ripping-out ceremonies were in honor of this guy.
- Cain and Abel: With his sister, Coyolxauhqui the moon goddess.
- Improbable Weapon User: He carried a turquoise fire serpent as a spear-thrower.
- Light Is Not Good: He is associated with the Sun and sometimes outright called a solar deity. He's also the main god of war and the one calling for human sacrifices (like the energetic hummingbird who drinks sugary nectar to supply their metabolic needs, his martial activity requires sustenance).
- One-Man Army: The very first thing he did, as a newborn god, was killing his 400 older siblings.
- Shoulder-Sized Dragon: One of his favorite weapons was Xiuhcoatl, a tiny blue dragon.
- War God: His main domain, hence why he was one of the most important Aztec deities.
The life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture, vegetation, the east, disease, spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths, liberation and the seasons.
- Animal Motif: Quails.
- Back from the Dead: Flayed himself to give food to humanity, after which he revived due to being an immortal god.
- Body Horror: Is depicted as a skinless figure, still wearing his flayed skin as a suit. It's been suggested this was symbolic of how maize seeds shed their outer layer prior to germination, and/or the act of husking corn.
- Flaying Alive: His name literally means "Our Lord the Flayed One"; sacrifices to him involved skinning the captive alive, with the priests wearing the flayed skin for a time.
- War God: Sort of. He himself wasn't the primary god the Aztecs looked to during war, but he was also said to have been the one who "invented" war as a concept, and is often depicted with war regalia generally reserved for the Emperor.
Assorted Major Deities and Creatures
- God of Fire: He introduced fire to humanity.
- The Maker: Depending on the Writer. Some versions claims he is one of the 4 Tezcatlipocas, replacing Xipe Totec while being renamed Camaxtle.
The god of lightning, fire, bad luck and death.
- Bad Powers, Good People: It's not Xolotl's fault he's the god of negative aspects of the Universe.
- Beast Man: usually depicted with a dogs head.
- Dark Is Not Evil: He is a god of the underworld but protects the sun when he travels every night.
- Evil Twin: Is sometimes portrayed as Quetzaocoatl's negative twin (when Tezcatlipoca doesn't have that role), though he's not "evil" per se (arguably he's the more innocent party since Quetzalcoatl sacrificed him in spite of him begging for his own life).
- Hellhound: Was depicted either as an eyeless dog or as an axolotl.
The god of the underworld, Mictlan.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Mictlan, while the worst of the thirteen 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.
- Everybody Hates Hades: A somewhat complex example. Though his sole myth has him be a sore loser asswipe, he was one of the most beloved gods of the Mexica and openly worshipped unlike Old World death gods like Hades or Anubis.
- God of the Dead: He was the king of Mictlan, the underworld of the dead.
- Impossible Task: He gave one to Quetzalcoatl when he tried to retrieve bones to recreate humanity: to travel through his kingdom four times, while a shell without holes sounds out like a trumpet. Quetzalcoatl figures this out by using ants to burrow holes, and Mictlantecuhtli gets pissy about that.
Consort of Mictlantecuhtli and female ruler of Mictlan. She is possibly the inspiration behind the modern holiday Día de los Muertos ("Day of the Dead").
- God of the Dead: A female version who is a consort of a male one akin to Ereshkigal and Persephone.
The god of rain, fertility, and lightning.
- Ax-Crazy: Quetzalcoatl once asked him to make it rain, after denying humanity water. Tlaloc then killed everything on earth by making it rain fire.
- Exact Words: Quetzalcoatl asked him for rain. His response was technically accurate, if a bit more fiery and lethal than what the feathered serpent wanted.
- The Grotesque: By our standards at least. Tlaloc was green-skinned, goggle-eyed, with a cleft lip and fangs.
- Human Sacrifice: The most well-known aspect of him is some particular gruesome rituals — the Atlcahualo festival involved dressing up seven children in the style of Tlaloc before pulling out their hearts, and the children crying before reaching the designated shrine was considered a good omen for abundant rain. The festival of Tozoztontli involved more child sacrifices in caves. The Atemoztli festival however, was instead symbolic and used the removal and sacrifice of the "hearts" of dough statues.
- Shock and Awe: As the controller of lightning, he did this a lot.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Both Xochiquetzal and Chalchiuhtlicue were gorgeous.
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.
- Water Is Feminine: She is a goddess of waterways. As an illustration, she has a water theme.
The current sun god, originally named Nanahuatzin. First, Tecciztecatl was meant to be the sun god, but was too cowardly, so the Nanahuatzin sacrificed himself to become the sun god, changing his name to Tonatiuh. Tecciztecatl joined as well, but due to his cowardice a rabbit was thrown on his face and therefore he became the Moon.
- Blood Magic: He requires human blood to move in the sky.
- Human Sacrifice: He demands human blood or else he would stop moving in the sky.
- Light Is Good: Depends on whether his noble attitude justifies his demand of human sacrifices.
- The Power of the Sun: He is a sun god, so he naturally has these powers.
- Sinister Sentient Sun: A sun god that requires human sacrifices.
The moon goddess.
- God of the Moon: Coyolxauqui is the moon goddess and, along with her siblings, the star gods known as Tzitzimime, is in constant war against their diurnal brother, the sun god Huitzilopochtli, and seek to destroy the earth.
- The Smurfette Principle: Coyolxauhqui was accompanied by her 400 brothers when she attempted to murder her mother, before Huitzilopochtli could be born.
Important Lesser Deities and Creatures
The goddess of the flowers, dancing and beauty. The first wife of Tlaloc.
- Love Goddess: Her main feature as a goddess.
The god of flowers, dancing, beauty and homosexuality. Xochiquetzal's twin brother.
- Camp Gay: He is associated both with flowers and homosexualitynote and his depictions are pretty flamboyant even by Mesoamerican deity standards.
- Love God: Albeit exclusively for relationships among men.
- Spear Counterpart: Of his sister Xochiquetzal (or maybe she's his Distaff Counterpart).
The skeletal and obsidian goddess of the stars.
- Badass Adorable: Itzpapalotl is also the goddess of butterflies. This was long before Mothra did it.
- Killer Rabbit: A deadly butterfly warrior goddess.
- Affably Evil: Evil may be a little too stretchy here, but Huehuecoyotl is fairly friendly and laid-back for an amoral and sadistic Aztec god.
- Beware the Silly Ones: A very comical figure, but Huehuecoyotl is not to be underestimated, since he's still a god and more than capable of causing genocide in a whim.
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: Even among the other gods, whether Huehuecoyotl decides to help or harm mortals depends mainly on his mood.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Was famous for creating war among mortals, and yet he was believed to change their fates for better if other gods tried to harm mortals, and interacted with mortals more often and directly than even Quetzalcoatl. There's a reason why there was a favoritism over his worshiping.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: A tricky coyote god, called Huehuecoyotl.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: More often than not, Huehuecoyotl's pranks, at least against other gods, have blown up in his face.
- It Amused Me: Whether he helps humanity or causes genocide depends mainly on this.
- Jerkass Gods: Sure he has his positive qualities and can be pretty amusing, but remember that he could, would and has caused war among humans for fun.
- Pals with Jesus: Usually, Huehuecoyotl was accompanied by at least one human drummer.
- Pet the Dog: In some sources, it's said that Huehuecoyotl is Xolotl's sole friend.
- Really Gets Around: Gods, goddesses, human males and females, animals...
- Stop Worshipping Me: In line with his status as a popular, friendly (barring starting the occasional war or genocide) deity, he is often depicted being friendly with humans, rather than being worshiped by them.
- Trickster God: A more "traditional" one unlike Manipulative Bastard Tezcatlipoca.
- Those Wily Coyotes: Essentially, the Aztec equivalent of Coyote.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: His main power, Huehuecoyotl could appear as any person, god or animal that he wished to be. Along with Gender Bender. He usually appears as a male, but that varies from myth-to-myth.
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.
- Sin Eater: Tlazolteotl is said to have a redemptive role in religious practices. At the end of an individual's life, they were allowed to confess misdeeds to her, and according to legend she would cleanse their soul by "eating its filth".
Patron god of commerce and business travelers, although other travelers might call on his blessing. His symbol was a bundle of sticks, similar to the canes merchants carried.
- The Almighty Dollar: A god of merchants and commerce.
- Blood Magic: Peddlers traveling between villages would sprinkle blood on their bundles in Yacatecuhtli's honor, for success in business and protection from travel hazards like robbers.
The goddess of intoxication, fecundity and nourishment.
- Odd Job Gods: Amongst her portfolio is being the goddess of getting high or drunk.
The god of medicine, surgery and fertility. He discovered peyote as well as the "lord of the root of pulque".
- Healer God: God of medicine, surgery, and fertility.
The goddess reigning over the fires in the family hearth.
- Fire of Comfort: Basically she's the Aztec equivalent of Hestia.
- Forced Transformation: Tōnacātēcuhtli turned her into a dog as punishment for eating fish with paprica during fasting time.
- God of Fire: Her domain.
Nanahuatzin or Nanahuatl (or Nanauatzin, the suffix -tzin implies respect or familiarity; Classical Nahuatl: Nanāhuātzin), the most humble of the gods, sacrificed himself in fire so that he would continue to shine on Earth as the Sun, thus becoming the sun god. Nanahuatzin means "full of sores." According to a translation of the Histoyre du Mechique, Nanahuatzin is the son of Itzpapalotl and Cuzcamiahu or Tonan, but was adopted by Piltzintecuhtli and Xōchiquetzal. In the Codex Borgia, Nanahuatzin is represented as a man emerging from a fire. This was originally interpreted as an illustration of cannibalism. He is probably an aspect of Xolotl.
- The Grotesque: He wasn't very good-looking to begin with, but jumping into the fire made him even worse.
The spellings Huehuetéotl and Ueueteotl are also used. Although known mostly in the cultures of that region, images and iconography depicting Huehueteotl have been found at other archaeological sites across Mesoamerica, such as in the Gulf region, western Mexico, Protoclassic-era sites in the Guatemalan highlands such as Kaminaljuyú and Late-Postclassic sites on the northern Yucatán Peninsula. The name Huehueteotl stems from Nahuatl huēhueh ("old") and teōtl ("god"). It seems to connect the Old God to certain Mayan deities called Mam ("Grandfather"). Huehueteotl is frequently considered to overlap with, or be another aspect of, a central Mexican/Aztec deity associated with fire, Xiuhtecuhtli. In particular the Florentine Codex identifies Huehueteotl as an alternative epithet for Xiutecuhtli, and consequently that deity is sometimes referred to as "Xiutecuhtli-Huehueteotl". However, Huehueteotl is characteristically depicted as an aged or even decrepit being, often with a beard, whereas Xiutecuhtli's appearance is much more youthful and vigorous, in line with his marked association with rulership and (youthful) warriors.
- Magma Man: While there are many fire gods, he's one of the few that preside over volcanoes.
- Playing with Fire: He is yet another fire god to the point he is conflated with others.
The god of frost, who also represents matter in its lifeless state. The Nahuatl name Itztlacoliuhqui is usually translated into English as "curved obsidian blade". J. Richard Andrews contends that this is a mistranslation and that the correct interpretation is "everything has become bent by means of coldness" or "plant-killer-frost".
- An Ice Person: He's the god of cold, snow and ice. Why yes, these do really exist in Mexico and Central America.
He was the god of darkened caves, earthquakes, echoes and jaguars. He is the god of the Eighth Hour of the Night, and is depicted as a jaguar leaping towards the sun. In the calendar, Tepeyollotl rules over both the third day, Calli (house), and the third trecena, 1-Mazatl (deer). He is the eighth Lord of the Night. Sometimes Tezcatlipoca wore Tepeyollotl for an animal skin or disguise to trick other gods into not knowing who he was.
- Mega Neko: Anthropomorphic feline that happens to be mountain-sized.
- Panthera Awesome: A humanoid jaguars that causes earthquakes and eats the sun.
Deity associated with the wind, who features in Aztec mythology and the mythologies of other cultures from the central Mexico region of Mesoamerica. He is most usually interpreted as the aspect of the Feathered Serpent deity (Quetzalcoatl in Aztec and other Nahua cultures) as a god of wind, and is therefore also known as Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl. Ehecatl also figures prominently as one of the creator gods and culture heroes in the mythical creation accounts documented for pre-Columbian central Mexican cultures. Since the wind blows in all directions, Ehecatl was associated with all the cardinal directions. His temple was built as a cylinder in order to reduce the air resistance, and was sometimes portrayed with two protruding masks through which the wind blew.
- Blow You Away: Is a god of the wind element. Even more so than Quetz, since he embodies his wind aspect in particular.
The goddess of health and healing, is depicted sometimes as a old wise lady wearing a headdress with cotton spools.
- Cool Old Lady: Especially since how well knowledge she is with herbs, medicine, and midwifery.
- Healer God: Goddess of healing, midwifery, and herbal medicines.
Translated "Seven Serpent" (as in quantity), she was the Aztec goddess of agriculture during the Middle Culture period. She is sometimes called "goddess of nourishment", a goddess of plenty and the female aspect of maize. More generally, Chicomecōātl can be described as a deity of food, drink, and human livelihood.
- Fertility God: Considered to be dualistic- symbolizes the gathering of maize and agricultural prosperity but she also is thought to be harmful to the Aztecs, as she was thought to be of blame during years of poor harvest.
The god of maize (corn). He is the son of the earth goddess, Tlazolteotl. Majority of evidence from written records suggest that he was depicted as a young man (however the debate is still ongoing), with yellow body coloration. He was considered one of the most important Aztec deities in the Aztec Empire especially since he was also the god of agriculture.
- Green Thumb: Well yes, pretty much since he is the god of maize and agriculture.
- Fruit of the Loon: In his headdress he wears it has a single stalk of maize used as a decoration for his hat.
Apiztetl was the "Hungry God", or god of famine. Those who were late to wash after a sacrificial meal were said to be close to Apiztetl's bad luck.
- Odd Job Gods: The god of hunger and bad luck.
A principal member of the pantheon of gods within the Aztec religion, representing the Morning Star Venus. The name comes from the Nahuatl words tlāhuizcalpan "dawn" and tēuctli "lord". Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is one of the thirteen Lords of the Day, representing the 12th day of the Aztec trecena.
- God of Light: Specifically labeled as a daytime god.
The god of fire, day, and heat. He was lord of the volcanoes, personification of life after death, and light in darkness. He also is called Cuezaltzin by some. He is sometimes mistaken for another god called Huehueteotl however the reason he is a entirely different god is because Huehueteotl is depicted as a old man, while Xiuhtecuhtli is depicted as a young man.
- A God Am I: Many Aztec emperors believed they were the reincarnation of Xiuhtecuhtli.
- The Dandy: He is usually seen as a well dressed man wearing plenty of turquoise mosaics on his body, earplugs, paper crown painted with many various colors and on top of the crown was green feathers. He also carried around a wooden golden staff that a deer head on top of it.
- God of Fire: His domain.
- Tribal Face Paint: His face was usually painted with red or black pigment.
Translated from tepoztli "workable metal" and tēcatl "person", or Tēzcatzontēcatl (from tēzcatl "mirror", tzontli "four hundred" and tēcatl "person") was the god of pulque, of drunkenness and fertility. The deity was also known by his calendrical name, Ometochtli ("two-rabbit"). He is a consort of Mayahuel, who is a mask-avatar of Xōchiquetzal.
- Extra Oredinary: A god of metallurgy, the Aztecs created precious jewelry using reworked gold.
He is the god of day road, has an eagle as sun's symbol guide. He holds in his left hand a staff and his right hand supports an backpack full of quetzals. He can be a protector of merchants, thus equating him with the Mayan god Ek Chuáj. One of the odd things about Zacatzontli is that he doesn't have a headdress, only a feather. His name could mean Lord of the Road or His Road The Lord, although the former seems more likely.
- The Power of the Sun: Believed to have protected travelling merchants with sun light.
Was a god of the rising sun, healing, and visions, associated with Tōnatiuh. The name means "the Young Prince". It may have been another name for Tōnatiuh, but he is also mentioned as a possibly unique individual, the husband of Xōchiquetzal. He was the lord of the third hour of the night. Piltzintecuhtli was said to be the son of Oxomoco and Cipactonal (the first man and woman that were created) and was seen as a protector of children. He was identified as the Youthful Sun. Known also as "7 Flower," he was also a god of hallucinatory plants, including mushrooms. He was considered the father of Centeōtl, a deity who was sacrificed in order to bring forth plants.
- Combo Platter Powers: Had several domains which is justified since he is a divine prince directly related to actual gods.
Said to be the first human couple, and the Aztec comparison to Adam and Eve in regard to human creation and evolution. They bore a son named Piltzintecuhtli, who married a maiden, daughter of Xōchiquetzal.
- Adam and Eve Plot: The first humans in Aztec myth... assuming they weren't Hijacked by Jesus of course.
- Semi-Divine: They were directly created by the gods but were still mortal however they became gods after death.
