Tōnacātēcuhtli
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In Aztec mythology, Tonacatecuhtli was a creator and fertility god, worshipped for populating the earth and making it fruitful. Most Colonial-era manuscripts equate him with Ōmetēcuhtli. His consort was Tonacacihuatl.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Aztec
- Deity.name
- Tonacatecuhtli
- Deity.image
- Tonacatecuhtli standing.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Tōnacātēcuhtli as depicted in the Codex Borgia
- Deity.god_of
- God of the Creation
- Deity.other_names
- Ometeotl, Ometecuhtli, Citlaltonac
- Deity.abode
- Omeyocan (Thirteenth Heaven)
- Deity.parents
- None (self-created)
- Deity.siblings
- None
- Deity.consort
- Tonacacihuatl
- Deity.children
- Xipe-Totec, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli (Codex Zumarraga)
- Deity.gender
- Male
- Deity.region
- Mesoamerica
- Deity.ethnic_group
- Aztec (Nahua)
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Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Child
- Huitzilopochtli
- Image
- Tonacatecuhtli standing.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- unmarried partner
- Tonacacihuatl
- Commons category
- Tonacatecuhtli
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Origin and role
- Notes
- References
In Aztec mythology, Tonacatecuhtli was a creator and fertility god, worshipped for populating the earth and making it fruitful. Most Colonial-era manuscripts equate him with Ōmetēcuhtli. His consort was Tonacacihuatl.
Tonacateuchtli is depicted in the Codex Borgia. thumb|Tonacacíhuatl and Tonacatecuhtli as depicted in the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tōnacātēcuhtli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.