Mictlantecuhtli
Owls in particular are associated with Mesoamerican death deities such as Mictlantecuhtli and seen as evidence of continuity of death worship into Santa Muerte.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in Colonial Codex Vaticanus 3738.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- GuadaMuerte, Tonatiuh, Itztlacoliuhqui, Patecatl, Mayahuel, Centzon Tōtōchtin, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc, Nanahuatzin, Chalchiuhtlicue, Tlaltecuhtli, Tlalcihuatl, Xiuhtecuhtli, Xantico, Meztli, Ixtab, Mictecacihuatl, La Calavera Catrina, San Pascualito, Virgin of Guadalupe, Santa Muerte, San La Muerte, la Parca
- created by
- Tezcatlipōca
- consort of
- Mictecacihuatl
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Owls in particular are associated with Mesoamerican death deities such as Mictlantecuhtli and seen as evidence of continuity of death worship into Santa Muerte.”
#2855 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the 2020 animated series Onyx Equinox, Mictlantecuhtli is the main antagonist. He also appeared towards the end of the short film "God of Death", the second segment in the 2023 horror anthology film V/H/S/85. In the segment, a Mexican news station faces an earthquake”
#13546 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Mictlāntēcutli, is the Aztec god of the dead and the king of Mictlan, depicted as a skeleton or a person wearing a toothy skull. He is one of the principal gods of the Aztecs and is the most prominent of several gods and goddesses of death and the underworld.”
#14479 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Tezcatlipocas created four couple-gods to control the waters by Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue; the Earth by Tlaltecuhtli and Tlalcihuatl; the underworld (Mictlan) by Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacihuatl; and the fire by Xantico and Xiuhtecuhtli.”
#33335 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The preceding thirteen days are ruled over by Mictlantecuhtli”
#33971 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001