Centzonhuitznahua

thumb| killing as depicted in the Florentine Codex In Aztec mythology, the ' ( or, the plural, ', ) were the gods of the southern stars. These "four hundred" (i.e. innumerable) brothers appear in some versions of the origin story of , the god of the sun and war. In these myths, the Centzonhuītznāhua and their sister feel dishonored upon learning that their mother, the goddess , had become impregnated by a ball of feathers that she had tucked into her bodice. The children conspire to kill their mother, but their plan is thwarted when, upon approaching their mother, sprang from the womb—fully grown and garbed for battle—and killed them. beheaded his sister , who became the moon. chased after his brothers, who, in fleeing their brother, became scattered all over the sky.

The are known as the "Four Hundred Southerners"; the gods of the northern stars are the .