Xochipilli

deity earth Aztec single tradition · 4

Xochipilli is the god of art, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, and song.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
1500 CE
Attested period
1800 – 1800
Historical notes
16th-century statue unearthed in the mid-19th century.

Relationships

manifests as
Macuilxochitl
sibling of
Xochiquetzal
has aspect
Macuilxochitl
child of
Xochitlicue

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Sources

Source passages

“Xochipilli, god of art, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, and song”

#7714 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Mother of the twins Xochipilli, 'Prince of Flowers'; and Xochiquetzal, 'Precious Feather Flower', the goddess of beauty and love”

#15076 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Media related to Xochipilli at Wikimedia Commons J. Paul Getty Museum's in-depth interactive exploring the Museo Nacional de Antropología's 15th-century basalt figure of Xochipilli. Includes a detailed exploration of psychotropic plants depicted.”

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