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Huitzilopochtli

deity sky Aztec single tradition · 21

Huitzilopochtli is the solar and war deity of sacrifice in Aztec religion. He was also the patron god of the Aztecs and their capital city, Tenochtitlan. He wielded Xiuhcoatl, the fire serpent, as a weapon, thus also associating Huitzilopochtli with fire.

↻ synthesized from 21 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Documented during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.

Relationships

co occurs with
Centzonmīmixcōa, Itsumade, Lightning Bird, Lindworm, Minokawa, Nephele, Nue, Huginn, Muninn, Ong, Peryton, Raiju, Roc, Sarimanok, Shahbaz, Sirens, Simurgh, Snallygaster, Stymphalian Birds, Sylph, Thunderbird, Winged Unicorn, Wyvern, Yalungur, Yuki-onna, Zilant, Zduhać, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Itztlacoliuhqui, Nanahuatzin, Tōnacātēcuhtli, Tōnacācihuātl, Tezcatlipōca, Yopi, Yayauhqui Tezcatlipoca, Iztac-Mixcoatl, Toci, Mixcōhuātl, Tezzictecatl, tzitzimime, Xochipilli, Chīmalmā, Xochitlicue, Tlalcihuatl, Citlallatonac, Tonatiuh, Teoyaomicqui, Guaraci, Meri, Xiuhcoatl, Tlaloc, Chalchiuhtlicue, Great Goddess of Teotihuacan, Tohil, K'awiil, Tepeyollotl, Kʼukʼulkan, Xolotl, Tlahuizcalpanteuctli, Quetzalcoatl, Ehecatl, Gukumatz, Chimalman, Ōmeteōtl, Quetzalpetlatl, Black Tezcatlipoca, Xipe-Totec, Cihuacoatl, Tlaltecuhtli, Mixcoatl, Coyolxauhqui, Coatlicue, Tonacatecutli, Apanecatl, Zolton, Cuilton, Xelhua, Tenoch, Cuetlachoapan, Xicalancatl, Mixtecatl, Otomitl, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, Ilancueye, Tlatlauhca, Yayauhqui-Tezcatlipoca, angels, devils, dragon, lamassu, phoenixes, Ziz, griffins, Medusa, Pegasus, sphinxes, basilisk, Fenghuang, Cockatrice, Erinyes, Djinn, Elemental, Fionnuala, Firebird, Fūjin, Gamayun, Gargoyle, Garuda, Stheno, Euryale, Harpy, Hippogriff, Cihuateteo, Jurupari, Virgin of Guadalupe
allied with
Xochiquetzal, Nochpalliicue, Yapallicue, Quetzalcoatl, Tezcatlipōca
syncretized with
Camaxtli
sibling of
Malinalxochitl, Centzon Huitznahua, Coyolxauhqui
enemy of
Centzon Huitznahua, Coyolxauhqui, Centzon Huitznahua, Centzonuitznaua
served by
Painal, Xiuhcoatl
child of
Ōmeteōtl, Tōnacātēcuhtli, Tōnacācihuātl, Tēteoh īnnān, Coatlicue
manifested by
Maquizcoatl

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Mentioned by

and 22 more

Sources

wikipedia (21)
  1. List of flying mythological creatures
  2. Huītzilōpōchtli
  3. Chīmalmā
  4. Cōātlīcue
  5. Ītzpāpālōtl
  6. Xochitlicue
  7. List of solar deities
  8. Coyolxāuhqui
  9. Great Goddess of Teotihuacan
  10. Tezcatlipoca
  11. Quetzalcōātl
  12. Aztec creator gods
  13. Malinalxochitl
  14. Toci
  15. Centzonhuītznāhua
  16. Mixcoatl
  17. Painal
  18. Tlāhuizcalpantecuhtli
  19. Tláloc
  20. Xipe Totec
  21. Xōchipilli

Source passages

“Huitzilopochtli”

#4454 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“However, Huitzilopochtli was known as the primary god of war in ancient Mexico. Since he was the patron god of the Mexica, he was credited with both the victories and defeats that the Mexica people had on the battlefield.”

#11704 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Huitzilopochtli and Quetzalcoatl were spiritual entities adopted from the Toltec legacy when the Azteca lived among the Chichimeca.”

#15008 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She was to give birth to Huitzilopochtli, the future god of war and the sun. Interpreting this as dishonor, her daughter Coyolxauhqui, along with her 400 brothers, plotted to kill her. Just as the attack began, Huitzilopochtli emerged fully armed from his mother, defeated his siblings”

#15023 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Huitzilopochtli Tlahuizcalpanteuctli”

#15047 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001