Tezcatlipoca Classical Nahuatl: Tēzcatlipōca [/teːzcat͡ɬiːˈpoːcaʔ/]) or Tezcatl Ipoca was a central deity in Aztec religion. He is associated with a variety...
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Xipe Totec (redirect from Tlatlauhqui Tezcatlipoca)
difficult to discern if Camaxtle is the same Tlatlauhqui Tezcatlipoca-Xipetotec or Yayauhqui Tezcatlipoca who changes his name to Mixcoatl; or Huitzilopochtli...
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Aztec creator gods (redirect from Tezcatlipōcas)
In Aztec mythology, Creator-Brothers gods are the only four Tezcatlipocas, the children of the creator couple Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl "Lord and Lady...
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Tezcatlipoca was an Aztec deity. Tezcatlipoca may also refer to: Tezcatlipoca (DC Comics), a fictional character from the DC Comics universe Tezcatlipoca...
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Venus and fire. Tēzcatlīpōca, creator god, lord of darkness, lord of the night, god of battles, and the lord of the North. Tezcatlipoca is also known as...
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Quetzalcōātl (redirect from White Tezcatlipoca)
several important gods in the Aztec pantheon, along with the gods Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli. The two other gods represented by the planet Venus...
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Huītzilōpōchtli (redirect from Blue Tezcatlipoca)
or "Quetzal-Feathered Serpent"), Xīpe Tōtec ("Our Lord Flayed"), and Tezcatlipōca ("Smoking Mirror"). His mother and father instructed him and Quetzalcoatl...
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aspect of the god Tezcatlipoca, the "Smoking Mirror," who was the god of sorcerers, rulers, and warriors. In one story, Tezcatlipoca transformed himself...
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the four Tezcatlipocas, who each preside over one of the four cardinal directions.[citation needed] Over the West presides the White Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl...
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1980 Tezcatlipoca, provisional designation 1950 LA, is an eccentric, stony asteroid and near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 6 kilometers...
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Human sacrifice in Aztec culture (section Tezcatlipoca)
sacrificial blood. Tezcatlipoca was generally considered the most powerful god, the god of night, sorcery and destiny (the name tezcatlipoca means "smoking...
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of Mexico and Peru: "The most remarkable festival in connection with Tezcatlipoca was the Toxcatl, held in the fifth month. On the day of this festival...
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Naoaque ("Lord of the Near and the Nigh") was one of the epithets of Tezcatlipoca. Miguel Leon Portilla argues that Tloque Nahuaque was also used as an...
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associated with Venus as the Evening Star (Twin of Quetzalcoatl) Sky deities Tezcatlipoca, god of providence, darkness, and the invisible, lord of the night, ruler...
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Codex Fejérváry-Mayer (redirect from Codex Tezcatlipoca)
proposed that it be given the indigenous name Codex Tezcatlipoca, from the Nahuatl name of the god Tezcatlipoca (who is shown, with black-and-yellow facial striping...
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He is the god of the seasons and all things that grow on the earth. Tezcatlipoca, which translates to "smoking mirror", is associated with the color black...
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Aztec religion (section Tezcatlipoca)
would be identified with an already existing god. Other deities, such as Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl, had roots in earlier civilizations of Mesoamerica,...
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create wars among humans to relieve his boredom. He was a part of the Tezcatlipoca (Smoky Mirror) family of the Mexica gods and inherited their shapeshifting...
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cross-eyed holding the typical white staff with green feathers. Sometimes Tezcatlipoca wore Tepeyollotl for an animal skin or disguise to trick other gods into...
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became the creator gods. The names of these creator gods were Xipetótec, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcóatl, and Huitzilopochtli, and they inherited the art of creation...
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tire of admiring the liquid world, no oscillations, no movements, so Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl thought that the newly created world should be inhabited...
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Chalchihuihtotolin, the Jewelled Fowl, Tezcatlipoca's nahual. Chalchihuihtotolin is a symbol of powerful sorcery. Tezcatlipoca can tempt humans into self-destruction...
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he will close the gates before the equinox, when Tezcatlipoca will kill off humanity. Tezcatlipoca agrees to the bet, but sends his champion Yaotl along...
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associated with the sun. Over time, the Mexica separated Huitzilopochtli from Tezcatlipoca, another god that was more predominantly idolized, redefining their relative...
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the Aztec deity Tezcatlipoca. She argued that the sculpture depicted an ocelot, writing, According to the well-known myth, Tezcatlipoca, when cast down...
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year in this month. The Festival of Toxcatl was dedicated to the god Tezcatlipoca and featured the sacrifice of a young man who had been impersonating...
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Tezcatlipoca is a name used by two distinct fictional characters appearing as supervillains in DC Comics publications and related media. The first Tezcatlipoca...
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Tecpatl (section Tecpatl and Mixcoatl – Tezcatlipoca)
ruled agricultural events. Their patron gods were: Chalchiuhtotolin and Tezcatlipoca. In the trecena of Ce Tecpatl(One Flint), the gods were Tonatiuh and...
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Nahui Ollin (section Tezcatlipoca)
composed of traditional Aztec ideologies, including the concepts of Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli, and Xipe Totec. The Nahui Ollin is used...
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Sakharov September 24, 1960 Palomar PLS V 4.8 km MPC · JPL 1980 Tezcatlipoca 1950 LA Tezcatlipoca June 19, 1950 Palomar A. G. Wilson, Å. A. E. Wallenquist AMO...
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