Xochipilli
'''''' is the god of beauty, youth, love, passion, sex, sexuality, homosexuality, fertility, arts, song, music, dance, painting, writing, games, playfulness, nature, vegetation and flowers in Aztec mythology. His name contains the Nahuatl words ("flower") and (either "prince" or "child") and hence means "flower prince".
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Aztec
- Deity.name
- Xochipilli
- Deity.deity_of
- God of Beauty, Youth, Love, Sexuality, Fertility, Homosexuality, Arts, and Flowers
- Deity.image
- Xochipilli 1.jpg
- Deity.other_names
- Macuilxōchitl, Chicōmexōchitl
- Deity.caption
- Xochipilli as depicted in the Borgia Codex
- Deity.abode
- Tamoanchan (Codex Ríos)
- Deity.consort
- None
- Deity.parents
- Xōchitlīcuē (Codex Ramírez)
- Deity.siblings
- Xōchiquetzal
- Deity.gender
- Male
- Deity.region
- Mesoamerica
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' is the god of beauty, youth, love, passion, sex, sexuality, homosexuality, fertility, arts, song, music, dance, painting, writing, games, playfulness, nature, vegetation and flowers in Aztec mythology. His name contains the Nahuatl words ("flower") and (either "prince" or "child") and hence means "flower prince".
==Associations== As the patron of writing and painting, he was called the "Seven-flower", but he could also be referred to as ' "Five-flower". He was the patron of the game patolli. He is frequently paired with Xochiquetzal, who is seen as his female counterpart. has also been interpreted as the patron of both psychedelie and nature, a role possibly resulting from his being absorbed from the Toltec civilization.