Aztec Mythology

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<a href="/mythology/coyolxauhqui_moon.html">Coyolxauhqui</a> was the <a href="/earth/moons_and_rings.html">Moon</a> goddess according the Aztec mythology. The image above reproduces "The Coyolxauhqui Stone," a giant monolith found at the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan.<p><small><em>Image courtesy of the Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico.</em></small></p>

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The Earth: Coatlicue

Coatlicue, whose name means "Serpent Skirt," was the Earth goddess of life and death in the ...Read more

The Rain: Tlaloc

Tlaloc was an important deity of rain and fertility of the Aztec mythology. Aztec people were ...Read more

The Moon: Coyolxauhqui

Coyolxauhqui was the Moon goddess according the Aztec mythology. Her name means "Golden Bells." ...Read more

The Sun: Huitzilopochtli

Huitzilopochtli, whose name means "Blue Hummingbird on the Left," was the Aztec god of the ...Read more

The Sun: Tonatiuh

For the Aztecs, who lived in central Mexico, Tonatiuh was a Sun god. Aztecs believed that four ...Read more

Venus: Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli

Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli was an Aztec god whose symbols were the planet Venus and the feathered ...Read more

The Pleiades: Tianquiztli

The Pleiades were known to the Aztecs as Tianquiztli which means "marketplace." The Aztecs ...Read more

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