Aktzin
deity water Totonac single tradition · 1
Aktzin (Ā'ktzini, "He who makes Thunder") was the god of rain, thunder and lightning for the Totonac people of Mexico. He existed before the Sun and was owner of all the waters except rainwater, living in the "great water" at the end of the sea and skies to the east where he acted as the eastern pillar holding the world. In accordance with mesoamerican duality, Aktzin was both life giving and life taking, keen to drown the world, and those who died by drowning became his servants.
When
- First attested
- 1000 CE
- Attested period
- 1000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- The city of El Tajín (City of the Thunder God) dates back over 1,000 years; Spanish contact with Totonac civilization occurred in 1519.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- seventeen heads
- enemy of
- archangel Michael
- syncretized with
- Saint John the Baptist, Tlaloc, Chaac, Cabrakán
- served by
- Mū'xtu'nîn
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Aktzin (Totonacan: Ā'ktzini, "He who makes Thunder") was the god of rain, thunder and lightning for the Totonac people of Mexico. He existed before the Sun and was owner of all the waters, except the rainwater ironically enough.”
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