Xiuhtecuhtli
Xiuhtecuhtli is a central Mexican/Aztec deity associated with fire. His appearance is much more youthful and vigorous, in line with his marked association with rulership and (youthful) warriors. The Florentine Codex identifies Huehueteotl as an alternative epithet for Xiutecuhtli, and consequently that deity is sometimes referred to as Xiutecuhtli-Huehueteotl.
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When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica.
Relationships
- consort of
- Xochiquetzal, Chalchiuhtlicue, Xantico
- co occurs with
- Itztli, Yohualtecuhtli, Mam, Meztli, Centeōtl, Huehueteotl, Tlazolteotl, Tēcciztēcatl, Mictlantecuhtli, Quetzalcoatl, Nanahuatzin, Tonatiuh, Mictecacihuatl, Omecihuatl, Tlaltecuhtli, Tlalcihuatl, Xipe-Totec
- allied with
- Itztapaltotec, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Tlaloc
- created by
- Tezcatlipōca
- has aspect
- Xiuhcoatl
- child of
- Ometecuhtli
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Izcalli (dedicated to Xiuhtecuhtli and Tlaloc), when boys had to hunt in the swamps for small water-related animals, such as snakes, lizards, frogs and even dragonfly larvae, and present these to elders serving as the guardians of the fire deity. As a reward for the offerings, the priest would give them steamed corn dough”
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“In other texts, she was the wife of Xiuhtecuhtli, who was a senior deity for the Aztecs.”
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“The Tezcatlipocas created four couple-gods to control the waters by Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue; the Earth by Tlaltecuhtli and Tlalcihuatl; the underworld (Mictlan) by Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacihuatl; and the fire by Xantico and Xiuhtecuhtli.”
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“At one point, she was also married to Centeotl and Xiuhtecuhtli.”
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“In Aztec religion, Itztapaltotec (Nahuatl pronunciation: [it͡stapaltotek]), sometimes spelled Iztapaltotec, is an aspect of the fertility god Xipe Totec. In the Aztec calendar, he is one of the patrons of the trecena beginning with the day One Rabbit (ce tochtli in Nahuatl), alongside Xiuhtecuhtli, the god of fire.”
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