Tezcatlipoca

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Deity.type: Aztec
Deity.name: Tezcatlipoca
Deity.image: Tezcatlipoca.png
Deity.caption: Tezcatlipoca as depicted in the Codex Borgia
Deity.god_of: God of providence, the invisible and darkness, lord of the NightRuler of the North
Deity.other_names: Black Tezcatlipoca,Ometeteosij
Deity.member_of: the Tezcatlipocas
Deity.abode: Ilhuicatl-Teteocan (Twelfth Heaven) Ilhuicatl-Yayauhco (Sixth Heaven) the North
Deity.symbol: Black Jaguar
Deity.parents: Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl (Codex Zumarraga)
Deity.siblings: Quetzalcoatl, Xipe-Totec, Huitzilopochtli (Codex Zumarraga)
Deity.consorts: Xochiquetzal, Huixtocihuatl, Xilonen, Atlatonan
Deity.children: None
Deity.gender: Male
Deity.region: Mesoamerica
Deity.ethnic_group: Aztec, Tlaxcaltec, Toltec (Nahua)
Deity.festivals: Toxcatl

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Contents

Etymology
Representations
Iconography
''Ezpitzal''
Codex Fejéváry-Mayer
Temples
Priests
Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl
Creation stories
Aztec religion and reverence
Toxcatl
Gallery
See also
Footnotes
Notes
In-text citations
References
External links

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Tezcatlipoca ( ) or Tezcatl Ipoca was a central deity in Aztec religion. He is associated with a variety of concepts, including the night sky, hurricanes, obsidian, and conflict. He was considered one of the four sons of Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl, the primordial dual deity. His main festival was Toxcatl, which, like most religious festivals of Aztec culture, involved human sacrifice.