Mixcoatl
Mixcoatl ( cloud snake , also Camaxtli ) is the god of the hunt and the Milky Way in the mythology of the Aztecs and Toltecs . Mixcoatl appeared in various forms, for example as a yellow-red-striped man, with a deer or hare face, with a black mask or as a cloud. Mixcoatl's functions are similarly diverse: as the deity of the Milky Way, he personified the souls of deceased warriors who had become stars, brought fire into the world and gave mankind knowledge of flint stones.
He is sometimes a different form of the god Tezcatlipoca , such as when he made the first fire by using the firmament (rotating around his axes) as a drill. He is the son of Cihuacoatl and the father of Quetzalcoatl through Xochiquetzal and Huitzilopochtli through Coatlicue .
See also
literature
- Tamra Andrews: Dictionary of Nature Myths: Legends of the Earth, Sea, and Sky . Oxford, New York 1998: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195136772 . P. 127f
- Charles Russell Coulter, Patricia Turner (eds.): Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities . New York, Abingdon 2013: Routledge. ISBN 1135963975
- Mary Miller , Karl Taube : The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya: An Illustrated Dictionary of Mesoamerican Religion . London 1993: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05068-6
Web links
- Entry for Mixcoatl on pueblosoriginarios.com