| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Tecciztecatl (conch shell lord)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | moon god. In cosmogony, when on the fifth day of creation the gods sat in judgment to elect the new Sun god, NANAHUATL and Tecciztecatl cremated themselves in the sacred fire. The heart of Nanahuatl ascended to become the new Sun and that of Tecciztecatl became the moon. Tradition suggests that Nanahuatl is diseased and impoverished but of great courage, while Tecciztecatl is wealthy and a coward. Alternatively, the pair are sons of QUETZALCOATL and of TLALOC and were hurled into the fire by their fathers. Also one of the group clåśśed as the TEZCATLIPOCA complex. NOTE: eventually all the gods sacrificed them selves for mankind.... |
"Telamon" | Roman | A surname of Atlas, describing him as the sufferer or bearer of heaven. |
| God name "Telpochtli (male youth)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Omnipotent god. A universal and generally malevolent power. One of the group clåśśed as the TEZCATLIPOCA complex.... |
| God name "Tepeyollotl (hill heart)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor chthonic or earth god. One of the group clåśśed as the TEZCATLIPOCA complex. He was originally an earthquake god, symbolized by the jaguar and later adopted into the Aztec pantheon.... |
| God name "Tepozlecatl" | Aztec | The god of pulque, of drunkenness and fertility. Aztec |
| God name "Tepoztecatl" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor fertility god. One of the group clåśśed as the Ometochtli complex concerned with the maguey plant and the brewing of the alcoholic drink pulque.... |
| Goddess name "Teuhcatl" | Aztec | Hunting and local goddess of war Aztec |
| God name "Teuhcatl (he of Teutlan)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Local god of war. Also a hunting god and one of the group clåśśed as the Mixcoatl complex.... |
| God name "Tezcatlipoca" | Aztec | God of the night, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, sorcery, beauty, war and strife. Aztec |
| Deity name "Tezcatlipoca-Itztlacoliuhqui" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Temple deity. One of four described in the codices Borgia, Cospi and Fejervary-Mayer.... |
| Deities name "Tezcatlipoca-Iztlacoliuhqui" | Aztec | One of four temple deities Aztec |
| God name "Tezcatzoncatl" | Aztec | Minor fertility god involved with the brewing of pulque Aztec |
| God name "Tezcatzoncatl" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor fertility god. One of the group clåśśed as the Ometochtli complex concerned with the maguey plant and the brewing of the alcoholic drink pulque.... |
| God name "Titlacahuan (we his slaves)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Ominoptent god. A universal and generally malevolent power. One of the group clåśśed as the TEZCATLIPOCA complex.... |
| God name "Tlahuiazecalpatcuatli" | Aztec | He is the god of the morning star |
| God name "Tlahuizcalaantecuhtli (lord of the dawn)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of the morning star (Venus). An incarnation or avatara of the god creator QUETZALCOATL and one of the group clåśśed as the Mixcoatl complex. The ruler of the twelfth of the thirteen heavens known at the time of the Spanish conquest, Teotl Tlatlauhcan (the place of the red god). In other traditions (described in codices Borgia and Vaticåñuś B) he is one of the four gods supporting the lowest heaven at each cardinal point; he resides in the east.... |
| Goddess name "Tlaltecuhtli" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic creator goddess. In Aztec cosmogony, Tlaltecuhtli is a monstrous, toad-like figure whose body is cleaved in two by the gods TEZCATLIPOCA and QUETZALCOATL to fashion heaven and earth. The ruler of the second of the thirteen heavens known at the time of the Spanish conquest, Ilhuicatl Tlalocan Ipan Metztli (the heaven of the Paradise of the Rain god over the moon), she is also one of the group clåśśed as the MICTLANTECUHTLI complex. She is said to swallow the Sun each evening and disgorge it in the dawn. She also devours the blood and hearts of sacrificial victims and the souls of the dead.See also CIPACTLI.... |
| Deity name "Tonacaciahuatl" | Aztec | Primordial deity who is the self created, eternal, female principle. Aztec |
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