Tepeyollotl
deity mountain Aztec single tradition · 4
Tepeyollotl, meaning 'Mountainheart,' was the jaguar form manifestation of Tezcatlipoca. When Tezcatlipoca took the form of a jaguar, he became this deity associated with mountains and the jaguar's power.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 1521
- Historical notes
- Jaguar manifestation of Tezcatlipoca in Aztec religion.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Cabrakán
- aspect of
- Tezcatlipōca
- co occurs with
- Quetzalcoatl, Cihuacoatl, Coatlicue, Tlazolteotl, Tlaltecuhtli, Zipacna, Vucub-Caquix, Maya Hero Twins, Huitzilopochtli, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Tohil, K'awiil
- manifested by
- Tezcatlipōca
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Tezcatlipoca's nagual, his animal counterpart, was the jaguar. In the form of a jaguar he became the deity Tepeyollotl ('Mountainheart').”
#33025 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“all the deities of the earth are female, except the advocation of Tezcatlipoca, which is Tepeyollotl, 'heart of the mountain'”
#33645 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5