Tezcatlipōca
deity sky Aztec single tradition · 19
Tezcatlipōca is one of the four sons of the creator couple Ōmeteōtl (Tōnacātēcuhtli and Tōnacācihuātl).
↻ synthesized from 19 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Account likely first written down in the 16th century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Centeōtl, Tlaloc, Xiuhtecuhtli, Chalchiuhtotolin, Huēhuecoyōtl, Itztlacoliuhqui, Centzonuitznaua, Coyolxauhqui, Nanahuatzin, Höðr, Lanikuala, Kaili, Ho-Musubi, Tloquenahuaque, Tepeyollotl, Yopi, Camaxtli, Yayauhqui Tezcatlipoca, Iztac-Mixcoatl, Ilancueye, Tēcciztēcatl, K'awiil, Xolotl, Ehecatl, Xiuhtecutli, Tlahuizcalpanteuctli, Gukumatz, Kʼukʼulkan, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Chimalman, Quetzalpetlatl, Tlalcihuatl, Meztli, Tlazolteotl, Coatlicue, Centzon Huitznahua, Tlaltecuhtli, Centzonmīmixcōa, Tonacatecutli, Apanecatl, Zolton, Cuilton, Xelhua, Tenoch, Cuetlachoapan, Xicalancatl, Mixtecatl, Otomitl, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Chīmalmā, Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, Tlatlauhca, Yayauhqui-Tezcatlipoca, Tonatiuh, Camaxtle, Mimixcoa, Metztli, Sedit, Nihasa, Ahpuch, Mictian, Yaotzin, Kagu-tsuchi, Izanagi, Izanami, Persephone, Baldr, Cipactli, Cihuacoatl, Ištar, Supay, Coyote
- consort of
- Xochiquetzal, Xīlōnen, Chicomecōātl
- manifests as
- turkey, Tepeyollotl, Mixcoatl
- allied with
- Xochiquetzal, Nochpalliicue, Yapallicue, Tlaloc, Huitzilopochtli, Quetzalcoatl
- sibling of
- Huitzilopochtli, Quetzalcoatl, Xipe-Totec, Huitzilopoctli
- enemy of
- Quetzalcoatl, Tlaltecuhtli
- syncretized with
- Huracan, U Kʼux Kaj, God K, Bolon Tzacab, Tohil, Cocijo, K'awiil
- child of
- Ōmeteōtl, Tōnacācihuātl, Tōnacātēcuhtli, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl
- creator of
- Tlaltecuhtli, Tlalcihuatl, Tlaloc, Chalchiuhtlicue, Mictlantecuhtli, Mictecacihuatl, Xantico, Xiuhtecuhtli
- has aspect
- Tepeyollotl
- manifested by
- Mixcoatl
Mentioned by
- Kagu-tsuchi
- Izanagi
- Izanami
- Persephone
- Baldr
- Cipactli
- Cihuacoatl
- Ištar
- Supay
- Coyote
- Huitzilopoctli
- Ōmeteōtl
- Tōnacācihuātl
- Tōnacātēcuhtli
- Ometecuhtli
- Omecihuatl
and 10 more
Sources
Source passages
“parents being the creator couple of the Ōmeteōtl (Tōnacātēcuhtli and Tōnacācihuātl) while his brothers were Quetzalcōātl ("Precious Serpent" or "Quetzal-Feathered Serpent"), Xīpe Tōtec ("Our Lord Flayed"), and Tezcatlipōca”
#11689 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Tezcatlipoca: Aztec god of Hell”
#46021 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free