Home›Aztec Deities›All Aztec DeitiesBrowse ByAll Aztec DeitiesThe gods of the Aztec, or Mexica, of central Mexico, known from codices, temple sculpture, and accounts written after the Spanish conquest. Theirs is a cosmos of successive world-ages, each destroyed and remade, sustained by offering and sacrifice, and its deities shift form and name freely between aspects.FactsLearn MoreAll Aztec DeitiesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsAttestationEra of AttestationWell-attestedSeveral figures are attested in central Mexican art long before the Mexica; the Mexica state cult is attested from the growth of Tenochtitlan; and the fullest textual record was compiled under colonial conditions between 1521 and 1590. 2Veneration TodayWell-attestedThe Mexica state cult ended with the conquest of 1521 and no continuous cult of these gods survives. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe gods of the Mexica and the wider Nahua world of Late Postclassic central Mexico. The pantheon is reconstructed from pre-conquest sculpture, temple offerings and divinatory codices together with a much larger body of text compiled after 1521 by Spanish friars working with Nahua informants. The colonial conditions of that record are part of the evidence, not a footnote to it. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedDeities 1Learn MoreThe gods of the Aztecs This group holds the deities of the Aztec (Mexica) civilisation of central Mexico, known from indigenous and Spanish colonial sources compiled around and after the conquest of 1521. Aztec religion set human life within a fragile cosmos of successive world-ages sustained, in the tradition's account, by ritual offering including human sacrifice. The browser will find the war and sun god Huitzilopochtli, patron of Tenochtitlan; the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl; the smoking-mirror god Tezcatlipoca; the rain-god Tlaloc; and earth and fertility deities such as Coatlicue and Xipe Totec. The entries flag that the principal sources were written under colonial conditions and must be read critically.All Aztec DeitiesFilter Results32 entriesPlanetary FaceAllChiron (1)Jupiter (1)Mars (1)Mercury (1)Moon (1)Neptune (1)Pluto (1)Sun (1)Venus (1)Child OfAllCoatlicue (2)HistoricityAllLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (1)Not a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being (31)TheologyAllPolytheistic: many gods (32)ArchetypeAllThe Caregiver (4)The Hero (1)The Innocent (1)The Lover (2)The Magician (4)The Rebel (1)The Ruler (2)The Sage (1)Veneration StatusAllHistorically attested; no continuous cult (32)Era Attested Start YearAll100 (2)1000 (1)1200 (1)1325 (2)1400 (24)1450 (1)1469 (1)Worshipped InAllAztec Religion (23)Domain / FunctionAllAgriculture and harvest (4)Beauty (2)Childbirth (3)Craft, metalwork and smithing (1)Creation and cosmogony (2)Dance and theatre (2)Death (4)Disease and plague (1)Earth (4)Fate and time (1)Fertility and generation (3)Fortune and luck (2)Guide of the dead (1)Healing and medicine (2)Kingship and sovereignty (1)Love and desire (2)Magic and sorcery (1)Moon (3)Motherhood (1)Mountains (1)Music and poetry (2)Night and darkness (2)Purification (1)Rain and weather (1)Rivers, lakes and springs (1)Sea and Provision (1)Spring and renewal (2)Stars and planets (1)Storm and thunder (1)Sun (2)The hunt (1)The underworld (2)Trickster (1)Tutelary of a place or community (1)War and battle (2)Water (1)Weaving and textile craft (1)Wind (1)Wine and intoxication (5)Wisdom and counsel (1)Writing, scribes and learning (1)GenderAllAndrogynous / dual-gendered (1)Collective / plural, not a single figure (1)Female (14)Male (16)PantheonAllAztec (19)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 32Centzon TotochtinAztec DeitiesChalchiuhtlicueAztec DeitiesChalchiuhtotolinAztec DeitiesChicomecoatlAztec DeitiesCoatlicueAztec DeitiesCoyolxauhquiAztec DeitiesHuehuecoyotlAztec DeitiesHuitzilopochtliAztec DeitiesHuixtocihuatlAztec DeitiesIlamatecuhtliAztec DeitiesItzpapalotlAztec DeitiesMacuilxochitlAztec DeitiesMayahuelAztec DeitiesMetztliAztec DeitiesMictecacihuatlAztec DeitiesMictlantecuhtliAztec DeitiesMixcoatlAztec DeitiesPatecatlAztec DeitiesQuetzalcōātlAztec DeitiesTecciztecatlAztec DeitiesTezcatlipocaAztec DeitiesTlalocAztec DeitiesTlaltecuhtliAztec DeitiesTlazolteotlAztec DeitiesTociAztec DeitiesTonacatecuhtliAztec DeitiesTonatiuhAztec DeitiesXilonenAztec DeitiesXipe TotecAztec DeitiesXochipilliAztec DeitiesXochiquetzalAztec DeitiesXolotlAztec DeitiesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Aztec ReligionView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.