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

manifests as
turkey, Tepeyollotl, Mixcoatl
has aspect
Tepeyollotl
manifested by
Mixcoatl

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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