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Thirteen Heavens
The Nahua people such as the Aztecs, Chichimecs and the Toltecs believed that the heavens were constructed and separated into 13 levels, usually called Topan or simply each one Ilhuicatl iohhui, Ilhuicatl iohtlatoquiliz. Each level had from one to many Lords (gods) living in and ruling them. Aztec mythology In Aztec mythology, the Thirteen Heavens were formed out of Cipactli's head when the gods made creation out of its body, whereas Tlaltícpac, the earth, was made from its center and the nine levels of the underworld ( Mictlan) from its tail. The most important of these heavens was Omeyocan (Place of Two), where Ometeotl - the dual Lord/Lady, creator of the Dual-Genesis who, as male, takes the name Ometecuhtli (Two Lord), and as female is named Omecihuatl (Two Lady) - resided. References Bibliography See also * Aztec mythology * Aztec philosophy * List of Aztec gods and supernatural beings This is a list of gods and supernatural beings from the Aztec c ...
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Nahua People
The Nahuas () are a group of the indigenous people of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. They comprise the largest indigenous group in Mexico and second largest in El Salvador. The Mexica ( Aztecs) were of Nahua ethnicity, and the Toltecs are often thought to have been as well, though in the pre-Columbian period Nahuas were subdivided into many groups that did not necessarily share a common identity. Their Nahuan languages, or Nahuatl, consist of many variants, several of which are mutually unintelligible. About 1.5 million Nahuas speak Nahuatl and another million speak only Spanish. Fewer than 1,000 native speakers of Nahuatl remain in El Salvador. It is suggested that the Nahua peoples originated near Aridoamerica, in regions of the present day Mexican states of Durango and Nayarit or the Bajío region. They split off from the other Uto-Aztecan speaking peoples and migrated into central Mexico around 500 CE. The Nahua then settled in and around the ...
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Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of Australia). The Moon is a planetary-mass object with a differentiated rocky body, making it a satellite planet under the geophysical definitions of the term and larger than all known dwarf planets of the Solar System. It lacks any significant atmosphere, hydrosphere, or magnetic field. Its surface gravity is about one-sixth of Earth's at , with Jupiter's moon Io being the only satellite in the Solar System known to have a higher surface gravity and density. The Moon orbits Earth at an average distance of , or about 30 times Earth's diameter. Its gravitational influence is the main driver of Earth's tides and very slowly lengthens Earth's day. The Moon's orbit around Earth has a sidereal period of 27.3 days. During each synodic period ...
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Huitztlampaehecatl
In Aztec mythology Huitztlampaehecatl () is the god of the South wind. His brothers are Cihuatecayotl, Tlalocayotl, and Mictlanpachecatl, who personify the winds from the west, east, and north respectively. See also * Notos * Auster Auster Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1938 to 1961.Willis, issue 122, p.55 History The company began in 1938 at the Britannia Works, Thurmaston near Leicester, England, as Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited, ma ... Notes Aztec gods Wind deities {{Mesoamerica-myth-stub ...
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Tlalocayotl
In Aztec mythology, Tlalocayotl (pronounced '*Tlah-low-kye-ottle') is the god of the East wind. His brothers are Cihuatecayotl, Mictlanpachecatl, and Huitztlampaehecatl, who personify the winds from the west, north, and south, respectively. See also * Eurus In ancient Greek religion and myth, the Anemoi (Greek: , 'Winds') were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which their respective winds came (see Classical compass winds), and were each associated with various seasons and ... * Subsolanus Notes Aztec gods Wind deities {{Mesoamerica-myth-stub ...
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Cihuatecayotl
In Aztec mythology, Cihuatecayotl (roughly pronounced 'see-wah-teh-kye-olth') is the god of the West wind. His brothers are Mictlanpachecatl, Tlalocayotl, and Huitztlampaehecatl, who personify the winds from the north, east, and south respectively. See also Zephyrus In ancient Greek religion and myth, the Anemoi (Greek: , 'Winds') were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which their respective winds came (see Classical compass winds), and were each associated with various seasons and ... Favonius Notes Aztec gods Wind deities {{Mesoamerica-myth-stub ...
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Mictlanpachecatl
In Aztec mythology, Mictlanpachecatl (pronounced: mikt-*lawn-pah-che-kot) is the god of the North wind. His brothers are Cihuatecayotl, Tlalocayotl, and Huitztlampaehecatl, who personify the winds from the west, east, and south respectively. See also * Boreas * Septentrio Septentrio N.V. is a designer and manufacturer of high-end multi-frequency GNSS receivers. Its main target is to provide GNSS receiver boards and modules for further system integration by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Septentrio's core ... Notes Aztec gods Wind deities {{Mesoamerica-myth-stub ...
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Ehecatotontli
''Ehecatotontli''See Ehecatotontli section on the list of Aztec gods and supernatural beings to tell you that this is real, but not fake. is an Aztec group of gods that are forms of Ehecatl. They are also known as ''Ehecacoamixtli''. The Ehecatotontli are Mictlanpachecatl, Cihuatecayotl, Tlalocayotl, and Huitztlampaehecatl In Aztec mythology Huitztlampaehecatl () is the god of the South wind. His brothers are Cihuatecayotl, Tlalocayotl, and Mictlanpachecatl, who personify the winds from the west, east, and north respectively. See also * Notos * Auster Auster .... References Aztec gods {{mythology-stub ...
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Ehecatl
Ehecatl ( nci-IPA, Ehēcatl, eʔˈeːkatɬ, ) is a pre-Columbian deity associated with the wind, who features in Aztec mythology and the mythologies of other cultures from the central Mexico region of Mesoamerica. He is most usually interpreted as the aspect of the Feathered Serpent deity (Quetzalcoatl in Aztec and other Nahua cultures) as a god of wind, and is therefore also known as Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl. Ehecatl also figures prominently as one of the creator gods and culture heroes in the mythical creation accounts documented for pre-Columbian central Mexican cultures.Miller and Taube (1993, pp. 70,84) Since the wind blows in all directions, Ehecatl was associated with all the cardinal direction The four cardinal directions, or cardinal points, are the four main compass directions: north, east, south, and west, commonly denoted by their initials N, E, S, and W respectively. Relative to north, the directions east, south, and west are at ...s. His temple was built as a cylin ...
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