Nanahuatl
deity Aztec single tradition · 3
Nanahuatl is probably identical with Nanahuatzin and closely related to Xolotl. The text suggests this is an alternate name or form of the same deity associated with disease and deformity.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 1500
- Historical notes
- Attested from Aztec creation myths.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Nanahuatzin
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Xolotl is probably identical with Nanahuatl (Nanahuatzin).”
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“Despite the voluntary self-sacrifices from the Aztec gods Nanahuatl (or Nanahuatzin), a deformed and pimpled deity, and Teucciztecatl, Tonatiuh refused to rise and did not ascend until the canine god Xolotl sacrificed himself. In this particular account, it is said that it was the bravery of Nanahuatl that resulted in Tonatiuh's rise”
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