List of Aztec gods and supernatural beings
This is a list of deities from the Aztec culture, its religion and mythology.
- Ahuiateteo, gods of excess
- Macuiltochtli, god of excess.
- Macuilxochitl, see Xochipilli
- Atlacoya, goddess of drought.
- Centzonmimixcoa, 400 gods of the northern stars.
- Centzonhuitznahua, 400 gods of the southern stars.
- Centzontotochtin, 400 gods of wine.
- Tezcatzoncatl, god of wine.
- Tlilhua, god of wine.
- Toltecatl, god of wine.
- Mayahuel, goddess of Agave.
- Patecatl, god of Pulque.
- Tepoztecatl, god of wine.
- Cinteteo, gods of the maizes.
- Iztacuhca-Cinteotl, god of the white maize.
- Tlatlauhca-Cinteotl, god of the red maize.
- Cozauhca-Cinteotl, god of the yellow maize.
- Yayauhca-Cinteotl, god of the black maize.
- Cinteotl, god of maize.
- Citlalicue, goddess of female stars (Milky Way).
- Cipactonal, god of the daytime.
- Cihuateteo, embodied female spirits. They are souls of women who died in childbirth who lead the setting sun in the western sky. Also night demons who steal children, and cause seizures, insanity and sexual transgression.
- Civatateo, Cihuateteo.
- Cihuacoatl, goddess of childbirth and picker of souls.
- Chalchiutotolin, god of diseases.
- Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of water, lakes, rivers, seas, streams, horizontal waters, storms and baptism.
- Chimalma, goddess of fertility, patron of life and death, guide of the rebirth.
- Chicomecoatl, goddess of agriculture.
- Coatlicue, goddess of fertility, patron of life and death, guide of the rebirth.
- Coyolxauhqui, goddess of moon.
- Ehecatl, god of wind. Generally Ehecatl is often conflated with Quetzalcoatl as "Quetzalcoatl-Ehecatl".
- Ehecatotontli, gods of the breezes.
- Mictlanpachecatl, god of north wind.
- Cihuatecayotl, god of west wind.
- Tlalocayotl, god of east wind.
- Vitztlampaehecatl, god of south wind.
- Huitzilopochtli, god of will and the sun, patron of war and fire, the lord of the South.
- Huehuecoyotl, god of old-age.
- Huixtocihuatl, goddess of salt.
- Itzpapalotltotec, god of sacrifice.
- Itzpapalotlcihuatl, goddess of sacrifice.
- Inaquizcaotl, see Huitzilopochtli.
- Ixtlilton, god of medicine.
- Malinalxochitl, goddess or sorceress of snakes, scorpions and insects of the desert.
- Mayahuel, goddess of Agave.
- Metztli, goddess of moon.
- Mictlantecuhtli, god of the Underworld.
- Mictecacihuatl, goddess of the Underworld.
- Mixcoatl, god of war and hunting.
- Opochtli, god of fishing.
- Ometeotl, god of duality.
- Ometecuhtli, god of substance.
- Omecihuatl, goddess of substance.
- Oxomo, goddess of nighttime.
- Piltzintecuhtli, god of the temporals.
- Patecatl, god of Pulque.
- Painal, messenger of Huitzilopochtli.
- Quetzalcoatl, god of wisdom, life, knowledge, morning star, fertility, patron of the winds and the light, the lord of the West.
- Temazcalteci, goddess of maternity.
- Tepeyollotl, god of the mountains and the echoes.
- Tezcatlipoca, god of the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, enmity, discord, war, strife and the north
- Tezcatzoncatl, god of wine.
- Tianquiztli, goddesses of the Pleiades.
- Tlazolteotl, goddess of lust, carnality, sexual misdeeds.
- Tlaltecuhtli, god of the earth.
- Tlalcihuatl, goddess of the earth.
- Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, god of dawn (Venus).
- Tlaloc, god of the thunder, rain and earthquakes, and fertility.
- Tonatiuh, god of sun.
- Tonacatecuhtli, god of sustenance.
- Tonacacihuatl, goddess of sustenance.
- Tzitzimime, star spirits.
- Xantico, goddess of firebox.
- Xipe Totec, god of force, patron of war, agriculture, vegetation, diseases, seasons, rebirth, hunting, trades and spring, the lord of the East.
- Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire.
- Xochipilli, god of love, art, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, fertility, and song.
- Xochiquetzal, goddess of fertility, beauty, female sexual power, protection of young mothers, pregnancy, childbirth, and women's crafts.
- Xolotl, god of the sunset.
- Yacatecuhtli, god of commerce and bartering.
- Zacatzontli, god of night road.
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