Xolotl
Xolotl was a god of fire and lightning in Aztec mythology, commonly depicted as a dog-headed man who served as a psychopomp. He was also god of twins, monsters, death, misfortune, sickness, and deformities. He is the dark personification of Venus as the Evening Star and was associated with heavenly fire.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested from Aztec creation myths.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Chalchiuhtotolin, Pushan, Charon, Vanth, Ītzpāpālōtl, Cozcamiauh, Piltzintecuhtli, Chalchiuhtlicue, Tēcciztēcatl, Nanahuatl, 4 Jaguar, 4 Wind, 4 Water, 4 Rain, Teucciztecatl, Ehecatl, Tlahuizcalpanteuctli, Gukumatz, Kʼukʼulkan, Chimalman, Mixcoatl, Quetzalpetlatl, Chantico, Mictlāntēcutli, Hecate, Hermes, Mercury, Anubis, Morana, valkyries, Tonantzin, Nanahuatzin, Tonatiuh, Huitzilopochtli, Tezcatlipōca, Tlaloc, Xochiquetzal, Cihuacoatl, Ōmeteōtl, Coatlicue, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Xipe-Totec
- allied with
- Tlalchitonatiuh
- sibling of
- Quetzalcoatl
- has aspect
- Nanahuatzin
Mentioned by
- Mictlāntēcutli
- Hecate
- Hermes
- Mercury
- Anubis
- Morana
- valkyries
- Tonantzin
- Nanahuatzin
- Tonatiuh
- Huitzilopochtli
- Tezcatlipōca
- Tlaloc
- Xochiquetzal
- Cihuacoatl
- Ōmeteōtl
and 8 more
Sources
Source passages
“Seler characterizes Nanahuatzin ("Little Pustule Covered One"), who is deformed by syphilis, as an aspect of Xolotl in his capacity as god of monsters, deforming diseases, and deformities.”
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“the Aztec Xolotl”
#14132 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Chimalman or Chīmalmā /t͡ʃiːmalmaː/ is a goddess in Aztec mythology, and was considered by the Aztecs to be the mother of the Toltec gods Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl.”
#15007 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“A close relationship between Xolotl and Nanāhuātzin exists. Xolotl is probably identical with Nanāhuātl.”
#16983 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Along with Xolotl, Tlalchitonatiuh reigned in the sixteenth trecena of the Tonalpohualli.”
#17526 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5