Citlallatonac
deity sky Aztec single tradition · 1
Citlallatonac, whose name means 'Star shine', is a god identified with the sign seen in the sky called the Camino de Santiago or Milky Way. He sent an ambassador from heaven with an embassy to the virgin Chimalman in Tula during a time of intense famine and horror.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Huitzilopochtli, Quetzalcoatl, Xochipilli, Xochiquetzal, Coatlicue, Chīmalmā, Tlaltecuhtli, Xochitlicue, Tlalcihuatl
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Source passages
“a god who called himself Citlallatonac [Star shine] —which is that sign seen in the sky, the so-called Camino de Santiago or Milky Way— sent an ambassador from heaven with an embassy to a virgin”
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