Mexica Gods

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The Mexica Gods are gods and goddesses worshiped by the Mexica ("meh-SHEE-ka"), the civilization that succeeded the Mayas. They were a Nahuatl-speaking group indigenous to Mexico. They were often referred to as the Aztec, meaning "people of Aztlán", but that was actually a misnomer, they didn't actually refer to themselves as that.

Following the conquest of their civilization and the conversion of their people's religions, the Mexica Gods retreated to the mythical realm of Aztlán. But with no sacrifices to keep the gods strong, they died off with their people. A few hundred years later, the Mayan hero twins Jordan and Bird attempt to resurrect them as revenge against the Mayan gods.

Gods

• Quetzalcoatl - God of Wind and Wisdom and equivalent to K'ukumatz
• Unnamed god of sleep
• Tlaltecuhtli - Earth goddess
• Tonatiuh - God of the Sun

Lords of Night

• Xiuhtecuhtli - God of fire, day, and heat
• Tezcatlipoca - God of the night sky
• Piltzintecuhtli - God of the rising sun
• Centeotl - God of maize
• Mictlantecuhtli - God of the dead
• Chalchihtlicue - Goddess of water
• Tlazolteotl - Goddess of vice and purification
• Tepeyollotl - God of darkened caves, earthquakes, echoes and jaguars
• Tlaloc - God of rain

Gallery

Tlaltecuhtli

Tonatiuh

Trivia

• Quetzalcoatl was mentioned by Magnus Chase in The Hammer of Thor.
• It is unknown which god of sleep was awakened in The Shadow Crosser. There are no specific known Aztec gods to sleep, but some gods, like Xolotl and Tezcatlipoca, have been associated with sleep.