In Aztec mythology, Chalchiuhtotolin, the Jeweled Fowl, was a god of disease and plague and one of the nahual, or animal forms, of Tezcatlipoca. Chalchiuhtotolin was regarded as a symbol of powerful sorcery: in this turkey form, Tezcatlipoca could tempt humans into self-destruction, but could also cleanse them of contamination, absolve them of guilt, and let them overcome their fate. In the tonalpohualli, the Aztec 260 day ritual calendar, Chalchiuhtotolin rules over the day sign Tecpatl and over the thirteen day period beginning with 1-Atl, or Water. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Attestation
Era of Attestation Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 2 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Function
Domain / Function Connections
Patron Of
Source Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of FateElizabeth Hill Boone
Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya
Mary Miller and Karl Taube, Thames and Hudson
3. Religions of Mesoamerica, 2nd edition
David Carrasco, Waveland Press, 2013Chalchiuhtotolin, Aztec-era iconography
Wikipedia, "Chalchiuhtotolin"
Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate
Elizabeth Hill Boone, University of Texas Press, 2007Patron Of: Flint (Tecpatl)Quote, Patron Of: Flint (Tecpatl)
Patron of the day Tecpatl in the tonalamatl day-sign series.
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