| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Tatevali (our grandfather)" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of fire. Also a deity of life and health, perceived as a shaman who prophesies and cures disease. He is the tutelary god of shamans and is said to have built the first Huichol temple with the god TATOSI. His animals include the macaw, royal eagle, cardinal bird, puma and opossum.... |
| God name "Tatosi (great grandfather deer tail)" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of fire. A deity regarded as the son of TATEVALI, having been created from the plumes of his father, but also the chief god of deer. His sacred animal is the white-tailed hawk. Also Mara Kwari.... |
| God name "Tayau (father sun)" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Sun god. According to tradition, he was created by the ancient shamans, who threw the youthful son of the corn mother TATE OTEGANAKA into an oven in full ceremonial attire. He traveled underground and emerged in the east as the Sun. In late May, the Huichol sacrifice a sheep and a turkey in a ritual fire, after which they sing all night until Sunrise. Also Tau; Taverik.... |
| God name "Tayau Sakaimoka" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Sun god. The deity of the setting Sun in the west, regarded as the åśśistant of TAYAU.... |
| 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.... |
| God name "Teicauhtzin (younger brother)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor god of war. A patron god of Mexico and one of the group clåśśed as the HUITZILPOCHTLI complex.... |
| 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 "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.... |
| God name "Teteo Innan Teteo (gods their mother)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor god of fire. A paternalistic deity åśśociated with fire. One of the group clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
| Goddess name "Teteoinnan" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Goddess of curers and medical Diviners. The head of the group clåśśed as the Teteoinnan complex.... |
| Goddess name "Teteoinnan-Toci" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Goddess of midwives. Known locally in the Valley of Mexico and invoked by women in childbirth. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex.... |
| God name "Tetzahauteotl (god of fearful omen)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor god of war. A patron god of Mexico and one of the group clåśśed as the HUITZILPOCHTLI complex.... |
| God name "Tetzahuitl (fearful omen)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor god of war. A patron god of Mexico and one of the group clåśśed as the HUITZILPOCHTLI complex.... |
| 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.... |
| Goddess name "Tezcacoac Ayopechtli (mirror serpent tortoise bench)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Birth goddess. An aspect of XOCHIQUETZAL. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex.... |
| Deity name "Tezcatlipoca-Itztlacoliuhqui" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Temple deity. One of four described in the codices Borgia, Cospi and Fejervary-Mayer.... |
| 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.... |
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