Patecatl
Patecatl is an Aztec deity who rules over thirteen days in the Aztec calendar. The text does not provide further information about this deity.
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When
- First attested
- 1400 CE
- Attested period
- 1400 – 1600
- Historical notes
- Aztec Empire period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Tlazolteotl, Mācuīltōchtli, Ixtlilton, Texcatzonatl, Colhuatzincatl, Centzon Tōtōchtin, Mayahuel, Itztlacoliuhqui, Tonatiuh, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Mictlantecuhtli
- parent of
- Tepoztecatl, Centzon Tōtōchtin
- consort of
- Mayahuel
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In the Aztec calendar, Itztlacoliuhqui is the lord of the thirteen days from 1 Lizard to 13 Vulture. The preceding thirteen days are ruled over by Patecatl and the following thirteen by Tlazolteotl.”
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“Their parents are Patecatl and Mayahuel and they may be brothers of Ixtlilton.”
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“In Aztec mythology, Patecatl is a god of healing and fertility and the discoverer of peyote as well as the "lord of the root of pulque". With Mayahuel, he was the father of the Centzon Totochtin.”
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“According to Aztec myth, Tepoztēcatl was one of the Centzon Tōtōchtin, the four hundred children of Mayahuel, the goddess of the maguey plant, and Patecatl, the god that discovered the fermentation process. As a deity of pulque, Tepoztēcatl was associated with fertility cults and Tlāloc.”
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