Deities Flashcards
Coatlicue
lady of the skirt of snakes, mother godess of the aztec pantheon(aztec)
Coyolxauhqui
goddess of the moon (aztec)
Huitzilopochtil
god of war, son of Coatlicue and a ball of feathers, killed his sister and many brothers for trying b/c she(sis) tried to kill Coatlicue, represented as a hummingbird with a blackface holding a snake and a mirror (aztec)
Itzamna
Head God, lord of heavens and lord of night and day. means lizard, show old cross eyed man , invented books/writing (mayan)
Kinich Ahuau
Sun god and god of rulers (Mayan)
Chac
Rain god, large down pointing nose/curling fangs (mayan)
Yuk Kaax
God of Maize and agriculture, always shown as a young man holding a plant (Mayan)
Ah Puch
God of death, shown as a skull and a skeleton (mayan)
Ek Chaub
God of trade, black painted face with drooping lower lip (mayan)
Ix Chel
Goddess of the moon/rainbows/weaving/childbirth, wife of Itzan(mayan)
Buluc Chabtan
God of war and sacrifice, blackj line around his eye and cheek, often with a torch or weapon (mayan)
Tezcalipoca
God of smoked mirror: darkness, death, evil, north. Protector of slaves. eachyear a handsome POW was let live in luxury for a year and then sacrificed to him (Aztec)
Tlaloc
god of rain, fertility, water. could send hail, lightening and thunder. Those who died in water went to Tlaloc were not cremated as usual rather buried with seeds in their faces covered in blue paint (Aztec)
