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Lords of the Day

Pantheon: Aztec


The Nine Lords of the Day:

  1. Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire and time

  2. Tlaltecuhtli, goddess of the earth

  3. Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of water, lakes, rivers, seas, streams, storms and baptism

  4. Tonatiuh, god of the sun

  5. Tlazolteotl, goddess of linsane love

  6. Centeotl, god of maize

  7. Tlaloc, god of the thunder, rain and earthquakes

  8. Quetzalcoatl, god of wisdom, life, morning star, fertility, winds and light, Lord of the West

  9. Tezcatlipoca, Matter and the invisible, ruler of the night, Great Bear, twilight, Lord of the North

  10. Mictecacihuatl, goddess of the underworld

  11. Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, god of dawn

  12. Citlalicue, goddess of the Milky Way


  • A set of thirteen gods that ruled over a particular day corresponding to one of the thirteen heavens.

  • They were cyclical, so that the same god recurred every thirteen days

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