Profiles Index - page 2

Tonacatecuhtli: Tonacatecuhtli, Creator God in Aztec Religion, Mythology
An aged Aztec creator god, Tonacatecuhtli resides in Omeyocan, the highest heaven. Aztec stories told about how Tonacatecuhtli was responsible for organizing the world into land and ocean, two separate regions of existence. Tonacatecuhtli was not, however, responsible for creating life itself — just the world in which life exists. Aztecs thought of Tonacatecuhtli as being at the "center" of existence, a place around which everything revolves but where everything is at rest.

Toci: Toci, Mother of the Gods in Aztec Religion, Mythology
Toci, the Mother Earth goddess in Aztec Religion, was regarded by the Aztecs as both the mother of all creation as well as a goddess of warfare. Aztecs worshipped Toci at a major festival during harvest season, sacrificing a young girl to her by ripping out her heart and flaying her skin to be worn by a priest.

Ometeotl: Ometeotl, God of Duality in Aztec Religion, Mythology
Ometeotl was the Aztec god of duality and souls. As simultaneous opposites, male and female, Ometeotl represented for Aztecs the idea that the entire universe was composed of polar opposites: light and dark, night and day, order and chaos, etc. In fact, the Aztecs believed that Ometeotl was the very first god, a self-created being whose very essence and nature became the basis for the nature of the entire universe itself.

Tepoztecatl: Tepoztecatl, Moon God of Rabbits, Fertility, Drunkenness, Pulque
Worship of Tepoztecatl, the Aztec god of the moon, rabbits, fertility, drunkenness, and pulque, occurred primarily during autumn festivals with the consumption of large quantities of pulque, an alcoholic drink made from the agave plant. A major shrine to Tepoztecatl was located at Tepoztlan and was called Tepozteco. Tepoztecatl seems like the perfect god to honor and worship by having a large party and drinking lots of tequila.

Chalchihuitlicue: Goddess of Storms in Aztec Religion, Mythology
Chalchihuitlicue was Aztec goddess of storms, birth, and beauty. The Aztecs who worshipped here typically sacrificed children to her in order to encourage her help in getting both crops and babies to grow strong. So, if you want your garden to produce plenty to eat and if you want your own children to grow up strong and health, you might want to play it safe by finding someone else's children to sacrifice to Chalchihuitlicue. The Aztecs did this by starting wars.

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