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List of Gods : "God N America" - 234 records

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Goddess name
"Xochiquetzal"
Aztec / classi cal Mesoamerican / Mexico Goddess of fertility and childbirth. The mother of the demigoddess (unnamed) whose consort was Piltz intecuhtli and who engendered the first mortals Oxomoco and CIPACTONAL. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex. A popular deity among Aztec women, the goddess is invoked particularly to make a marriage fruitful. The bride plaits her hair and coils it around, leaving two “plumes” representing the feathers of the Quetzal which is sacred to Xochiquetzal. Pottery figurines are adorned with plumes of feathers. Worshiped at various sites, including Tula (Hidalgo). Also recognized as the patron goddess of weavers....
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"Xochiquetzal-Ichpuchtli (maiden)"
Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico Minor fertility goddess. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex. Depicted as a youthful deity åśśociated with sexual love, flowers and pleasure....
God name
"Xolotl (monster)"
Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico Monstrous deity. He performed the role of executioner when the gods sacrificed themselves to create mankind. He then sacrificed himself. In alternative tradition he tried to evade his own fate, but was himself executed by EHECATL-QUETZALCOATL. Also one of a pair of twins in the group clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex, regarded as patron of the ball game....
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"YAW (enemy)"
Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico Omnipotent god. A universal and generally malevolent deity. One of the group clåśśed as the TEZ CATLIPOCA complex....
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"Yacacoliuhqui (curved nose)"
Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico Minor god of commerce and merchants. One of the group clåśśed as the YACATECUHTLI complex....
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"Yacapitzahuac (sheep-nose)"
Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico Minor god of commerce and merchants. One of the group clåśśed as the YACATECUHTLI complex....
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"Yacatecuhtli (nose lord)"
Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico God of commerce and merchants. Head of the group clåśśed as the Yacatecuhtli complex....
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"Yoalli Ehecatli (night wind)"
Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico Creator god. One of the group clåśśed as the Omeotl complex....
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"Yoaltecuhtf (lord of night)"
Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico Creator god. With his consort YACAHUIZTLI he engendered the night in Aztec cosmogony. The ruler of the sixth of the thirteen heavens known at the time of the Spanish conquest, Teotlcozauhcan (the place of the yellow god). One of the group clåśśed as the MICTLANTECUHTLI complex....
God name
"Yokomatis"
N American One of the two great creator-gods of the Chungichnish. The other, his brother, is called Tuchaipa
God name
"Yum Cimil"
Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico God of death. Depicted with a skull head, bare ribs and spiny projections from the vertebrae, or with bloated flesh marked by dark rings of decomposition. He wears bell-like ornaments fastened in the hair. Sacrificial victims were offered to the god by drowning in the sacred pool or cenote. Also God A....
God name
"Yum Kaax"
Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico vegetation god. The deity concerned with the growing and harvesting of maize, but also of husbandry in general. Depicted as a youthful figure with an ear of corn in his headdress. Also God E....
Goddess name
"Zapotlantenan"
Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico Healing goddess. deity of medicinal turpentine and ointment-dealers. One of the group clåśśed as the TLALOC complex....
Goddess name
"Zara-Mama"
South American Indian / Peru Maize goddess. A minor deity, models of whom were made from the leaves of the plant and kept for a year before being burned in a ritual to ensure a good maize harvest....
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"Zipakna"
Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico earthquake god. Usually coupled with the god KABRAKAN and identified as a creator of mountains which Kabrakan subsequently destroys....
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"Zotz"
Mayan / Zotzil Indian, Mesoamerican / Guatemala Tutelary god. Manifest in the form of a bat....
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"Zyanya"
Native American A goddess who will be here always and forever.
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"ltztli (obsidian blade)"
Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico God of justice. One of the group clåśśed as the TEZCATLIPOCA complex....
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