| Aztec Deities |
| Acuecuyoticihuati |
| The Aztec goddess of the ocean, running waters, and rivers, closely associated with Chalchiuhtlicue of whom she is another appearance. She is invoked by Aztec women in labour. |
| Atl |
| Aztec God of Water. |
| Atluna |
| The powerful Aztec water god, called "lord of the waters". He is associated with the arrow (atlatl). Also the god of fishermen. |
| Ayauhteotl |
| The goddess of the mist and the haze which can be seen at night and early in the morning time. She is associated with vanity and fame. |
| Camaxtli |
| The Aztec of war, hunting, fate and creator of fire. He is one of the four gods who created the world. He is also a Chichimec tribal god. |
| Chac |
| Aztec and Mayan rain and vegetable god. Also the lord of thunder, lightning, wind and fertility. |
| Chalchiuhtlicue |
| This Aztec goddes whose name means 'Jade Skirt' was matron of lakes and streams. A personification of youthful beauty and ardour, Chalchiuhtlicue was represented as a river from which grew a prickly pear tree laden with fruit symbolising the human heart. She ruled over all the waters of the Earth, oceans, rivers, rain ect., but was also associated with marriage. Her husband is Tlaloc, the god of rain. She unleased the flood (to punish the wicked) that destroyed the fourth world (according to the Aztecs, we are in the fifth world.) |
| Chantico |
| The Aztec goddess of hearth fire, homes and fertility and volcanic fires. When she violated the ban on eating paprika on fasting day by eating roasted fish with paprika, she was turned into a dog by the maize-god Tonacatecuhtli. Her name means 'she who dwells in the house'. She symbolized pleasure and pain together. Her symbols were a red serpant and cactus spikes. She ruled wealth and precious stones of the earth. She is invoked for fertility, house matters and fire elements. |
| Chicomanecoatle |
| "Seven Snakes". The Aztec goddess of maize during the Middle Culture period. She is sometimes called 'goddess of nurishment', a goddess of plenty and the female aspect of corn. Every September a young girl representing Chicomanecoatle was sacrificed. The priest decapitated the girl, collected her blood and poured it over a figure of the goddess. The corpse was then flayed and the skin was worn by a priest. She comes in many appearances: a girl with waterflowers, a woman who's embrace means certain death, and as mother who carries the sun with her as a shield. She is regarded as a female counterpart of the maize god Cinteotl, their symbol being an eye of corn. She is occasionally called Xilonen. |
| Chihuacoatl |
| An Aztec earth and mother-goddess, patroness of birth and of women who died while giving birth. She assisted Quetzalcoatl in the creation of the first humans of this era, which are made from the ground bones of the people of the previous era mixed with the blood of the old gods who committed self-sacrifice so that the new era could begin. Mixcoatl is her son. Cihuacoatl, which means 'snake-woman', is usually portrayed holding a child in her arms. Cihuacoatl's roaring signalled war. The center of her cult was at Colhuacan (at the Texcoco Lake in Mexico). |
| Cinteotl |
| Aztec god of corn, also had female forms. Took over the place of Chicomecoatl. Was always protected by water gods. |
| Citlalicue |
| "Star Garment". An Aztec creator goddess. She is the consort of Citlalatonac, and together they created the stars. |