Ahuiateteo
deity earth Aztec single tradition · 1
The Ahuiateteo are a collective of five deities from Aztec and other central Mexican pre-Columbian mythological traditions who symbolized excess, over-indulgence and the attendant punishments and consequences thereof. The five deities bore the names of specific days in the tōnalpōhualli (Aztec/central Mexican version of the Mesoamerican 260-day calendar), where the day coefficient of five had overtones associated with excess and loss of control.
When
- First attested
- 1200 CE
- Attested period
- 1200 – 1521
- Historical notes
- Collective deity group from Postclassic central Mexican traditions ending with Spanish conquest.
Relationships
- manifests as
- Macuilxochitl, Mācuīlcuetzpalin, Mācuīlmalīnalli, Macuilcozcacuahtli, Mācuīltōchtli
- co occurs with
- Centzon Tōtōchtin
- has aspect
- Mācuīltōchtli, Macuilxochitl, Mācuīlcuetzpalin, Macuilcozcacuahtli, Mācuīlmalīnalli
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“one of the five deities from Aztec and other central Mexican pre-Columbian mythological traditions who, known collectively as the Ahuiateteo, symbolized excess, over-indulgence and the attendant punishments and consequences thereof.”
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