Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli ([ tɬaː.wis.kal.panˈteːkʷ.tɬi ]; alternative spellings: Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli and Tlahuizcalpantecutli , Aztec for 'Lord of the Dawn' or better 'Morning Star Lord') is a deity of the Toltec and Aztec mythology . Places of main worship are Tula , Chichén Itzá and Tenochtitlán .
meaning
As the personification of the morning star and as the brother of Xolotl or Xiuhtecuhtli , Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli represents another form of Quetzalcoatl . Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is also the god of the dawn and is portrayed as a dangerous and malevolent god who spreads mischief through arrow shots and javelins.
In the Aztec calendar , Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is the patron saint of the Trecena , a thirteen-day unit that was used in several Mesoamerican calendar systems.
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli in myths
- The memorials of the Toribio de Benavente Motolinia and other sources report that the Toltec ruler Cē Acatl Tōpīltzin Quetzalcōātl turned into the morning star after his death.
- In the "Sun Legend" Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli tries to shoot the sun with arrows, but misses and hits himself.
swell
- John Bierhorst : History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca . University of Arizona Press, Tucson 1992, ISBN 978-0-8165-1886-9 .
- Eloise Quiñones Keber: Codex Telleriano-Remensis: Ritual, Divination, and History in a Pictorial Aztec Manuscript . University of Texas Press, Austin 1992, ISBN 0-292-76901-6 .
