The Centzon Totochtin, the Four Hundred Rabbits, are a multitude of Aztec deities personifying the many different effects and personalities of intoxication brought on by pulque, the fermented drink of the maguey plant. They are named as the children of the maguey goddess Mayahuel and the pulque god Patecatl. Four hundred (centzontli in Nahuatl) is a conventional figure of speech for an innumerable multitude in Nahuatl idiom, not a literal count of individual gods.
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Era of Attestation Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 1 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Identity
GenderCollective / plural, not a single figure 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Function
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This source names Centzon Totochtin directly: "maguey plant; also describing the Centzon Totochtin as her and Patecatl's children."
Source Mayahue: Goddess of Maguey (Mythlok)Mythlok editorial staff
This source names Centzon Totochtin directly: "genealogy (Patecatl as consort, the Centzon Totochtin as children)."
Source Wikipedia, MayahuelWikipedia contributors
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Source Wikipedia, MayahuelWikipedia contributors
Source Wikipedia, MayahuelWikipedia contributors
Sources
1. Mayahue: Goddess of Maguey (Mythlok)
2. Religions of Mesoamerica, 2nd edition
David Carrasco, Waveland Press, 2013Centzon Totochtin, Aztec-era iconography
Wikipedia, Mayahuel
Wikipedia contributors, Wikipedia, 2026- Parents: Mayahuel
- Parents: Patecatl
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