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In Aztec mythology, Mētztli (; also rendered Meztli, Metzi, literally "Moon") was a god or goddess of the moon, the night, and farmers.

Key facts

Deity.type
Aztec
Deity.image
Meztli from Codex Borgia.jpg
Deity.caption
Metztli as depicted in the Codex Borgia
Deity.symbol
Moon, rabbit
Deity.region
Mesoamerica
Deity.ethnic_group
Aztec
Deity.deity_of
Moon deity

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In Aztec mythology, Mētztli (; also rendered Meztli, Metzi, literally "Moon") was a god or goddess of the moon, the night, and farmers.

==See also== List of lunar deities

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metztli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.