Ixtlilton
Sign in to saveIxtlilton ( ,"ink at the face", from īxtli, "face", "eye", tlīlli, "black ink", and -tōn, diminutive suffix) in Aztec mythology is a god of medicine and healing and therefore was often alluded to as the brother of Macuilxochitl, the god of well-being or good luck. Ixtlilton was a gentle god, who emanated from an obsidian mask which brought darkness and peaceful sleep to children in their beds at night.
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Ixtlilton ( ,"ink at the face", from īxtli, "face", "eye", tlīlli, "black ink", and -tōn, diminutive suffix) in Aztec mythology is a god of medicine and healing and therefore was often alluded to as the brother of Macuilxochitl, the god of well-being or good luck. Ixtlilton was a gentle god, who emanated from an obsidian mask which brought darkness and peaceful sleep to children in their beds at night.
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