Yayauhqui-Tezcatlipoca
deity sky Mesoamerican single tradition · 1
Yayauhqui-Tezcatlipoca, also known as Black Tezcatlipoca, is a deity who creates women and is possibly identified with Mixcoatl. According to one myth, he is the enemy who in his invocation of Mixcoatl impregnates Chimalma. After the destruction of the earth by water, he and Quetzalcoatl traveled through subterranean paths to lift up the fallen heavens, and their path was marked by the Milky Way.
Relationships
- allied with
- Quetzalcoatl
- consort of
- Chīmalmā
- manifests as
- Mixcoatl
- parent of
- Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl
- co occurs with
- Huitzilopochtli, Tōnacātēcuhtli, Tōnacācihuātl, Tezcatlipōca, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Iztac-Mixcoatl, Ilancueye, Tlatlauhca
- creator of
- Chīmalmā
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“one of the women created by Yayauhqui-Tezcatlipoca, called Chimalma...Another myth says that it is Yayauhqui-Tezcatlipoca, the enemy who in his invocation of Mixcoatl impregnates Chimalma”
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