Aztec Mythology/Characters

The characters who can be found in the Aztec beliefs. There are over 100 deities and supernatural creatures in the mythology as a whole so it'll take a while to fill up this page.

Quetzalcoatl

The god of the Morning Star. He was also the patron of the Aztec priests.

• Blow You Away: He was the god of wind, also known as Ehecatl
• Cain and Abel: With Tezcatlipoca
• Celibate Hero: Up until the sister-boinking incident.
• God in Human Form: His stint in Tula
• King in the Mountain
• Mighty Whitey: When in human form, he was often described as light-skinned - which, according to many accounts, is why Cortez recieved such a warm reception.
• Token Good Teammate: Just about the only Aztec god that didn't demand huge amounts of bloody sacrifice.

Tezcatlipoca

The god of rulers, sorcerers and warriors; night, death, discord, conflict, temptation and change.

• Artificial Limbs: His right foot was replaced with, depending on the version, an obsidian mirror, a snake, or a deer's hoof.
• Cain and Abel: With Quetzalcoatl
• Casting a Shadow: He was the god of darkness, both literal and in the hearts of men.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Tezcatlipoca isn't technically a name, it's a title, one shared by Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli, and Xipe Totec (White, Blue, and Red respectively. Tez is Black)
• Manipulative Bastard
• Names to Run Away From Really Fast: His epithets include "The Mocker, "Enemy of Both Sides" and "He Whose Slaves We Are"
• Panthera Awesome: Often turned up in jaguar form.
• Pet the Dog: He was the god of slaves and severely punished anyone who mistreated theirs.
• Trickster Archetype

Tlaloc

The god of rain, fertility, and lightning.

• Ax Crazy: Quetzalcoatl once asked him to make it rain, after denying humanity water. Tlaloc killed everything on earth by making it rain fire.
• Human Sacrifice: The most well-known aspect of him.
• Shock and Awe: As the controller of lightning, he did this a lot.
• The Grotesque: By our standards at least. Tlaloc was green-skinned, goggle-eyed, with a cleft lip and fangs. And of course, this leads to...
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Both Xochiquetzal and Chalchiuhtlicue were gorgeous.

Tonatiuh

The current sun god; originally Tecciztecatl was meant to be the sun god, but was too cowardly, so Tonatiuh (then Nanahuatzin) sacrificed himself to become the sun god and therefore Tonatiuh. Tecciztecatl joined as well, but due to his cowardice a rabbit was thrown on his face and therefore he became the Moon.

• Light Is Good / Light Is Not Good: Depends on whereas his noble attitude justifies his demand of human sacrifices.
• The Power of the Sun

Xochiquetzal

The goddess of the flowers, dancing and beauty. The first wife of Tlaloc.

• Love Goddess: Her main feature as a goddess.

Xochipilli:

The god of flowers, dancing, beauty and homosexuality. Xochiquetzal's twin.

• Spear Counterpart: Of his sister Xochiquetzal (or maybe she's his Distaff Counterpart).

Chalchiuhtlicue

The goddess of love, beauty, youth, lakes, rivers, seas, streams, horizontal waters, storms, and baptism. The second wife of Tlaloc.

• Making a Splash: She was the goddess of water itself, and sacrificial victims to her were drowned.

Mictlantecuhtli

The god of the underworld, Mictlan.

• Dark Is Not Evil: Mictlan, while the worst of the three Aztec afterlifes, wasn't really a bad place Once you endured the four-year journey it took to get there.
• Dem Bones: He was depicted as a skeleton in the regalia of a king.
• Impossible Task: Gave one to Quetzalcoatl when he showed up.

Huitzilopochtli

The god of war.

• One-Man Army: The very first thing he did, as a newborn god, is killing 400 older siblings.
• Badass Adorable: Was often associated with hummingbirds.
  • Killer Rabbit: Though real hummingbirds truly are agressive bastards.
• Beat Still My Heart: The infamous heart-ripping-out ceremonies were in honor of this guy.
• Improbable Weapon User: He carried a turquoise fire serpent as a weapon.
  • Better still, he used it as a spear-thrower
• Light Is Not Good[/]The Power of the Sun: He is associated with the Sun and sometimes outrightly called a solar deity. He's also the main god of war and the one calling for human sacrifices.
• Mexica Love Huitzilopochtli: The ruling Mexica of Tenochtitlan considered Huitzilopochtli their patron.

Tlazolteotl:

The Goddess of sin and absolution, specially sexual sins. Also associated with the earth, midwives and steambaths.

• Dishing Out Dirt: She's somewhat associated with the Earth in some of her forms. Also associated with dirt and filth, both literally and metaphorically.
• Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!: One of her names is Toci, "Grandmother". Despite this, she's normally shown as young and hot.

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