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Gods of the Fifth Sun

The deities of the Mexica — sun, rain, and feathered serpent — who demanded sacrifice to sustain the age, from the Florentine Codex.

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CoatlicueShe of the Serpent SkirtShe of the Serpent Skirt — the Mexica earth mother who conceived Huitzilopochtli from a ball of feathers, and the colossal monolith that carries her name.DeityCoyolxauhquiShe Painted with BellsThe dismembered sister of Huitzilopochtli, often read as the moon — and the carved disc whose discovery in 1978 uncovered the Templo Mayor itself.Deity

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HuitzilopochtliHummingbird of the LeftHummingbird of the Left — the Mexica sun-and-war god, born fully armed on Serpent Mountain and enthroned atop the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan.Deity

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MictlanThe Place of the DeadThe Place of the Dead — a ninefold underworld reached by a four-year journey, where the ordinary dead arrive at last and simply cease.RealmMictlantecuhtliLord of the Place of the DeadLord of the Place of the Dead — the skeletal ruler of the ninefold underworld, keeper of humanity's bones and destination of everyone who dies ordinarily.Deity

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QuetzalcoatlThe Feathered SerpentThe Feathered Serpent — god of wind, learning, and creation, who stole humanity's bones from the land of the dead and gave people maize.Deity

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TezcatlipocaThe Smoking MirrorThe Smoking Mirror — god of night, sorcery, kingship and fate, whose obsidian glass shows what men do in the dark and who owns them all as slaves.DeityTlalocHe Who Makes Things SproutThe goggle-eyed rain god who makes things sprout — giver of the storms that feed the maize, keeper of a green paradise, and taker of children.Deity

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Xipe TotecOur Lord the Flayed OneOur Lord the Flayed One — the Mesoamerican god of spring, seed and renewal, whose priests wore the skins of sacrificial victims for twenty days.DeityXolotlThe Dog-Headed TwinThe dog-headed twin of Quetzalcoatl — evening star, guide of the dead through Mictlan, and the shapeshifter whose last disguise was the axolotl.Deity