Yohualtecuhtli
deity sky Aztec single tradition · 1
Yohualtecuhtli was a celestial entity in Aztec cosmology, possibly associated with the star Aldebaran in the Taurus constellation or the Pleiades. It was observed during the New Fire Ceremony to mark the timing of the ritual.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Xiuhtecuhtli
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“priests marched in solemn procession up the Hill of the Star on a peninsula near Culhuacán to wait for the star Yohualtecuhtli (either Aldebaran in the Taurus constellation or the Pleiades as a whole) to get past its zenith.”
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