Aztec Mythology

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<a href="/mythology/coyolxauhqui_moon.html&edu=high&dev=">Coyolxauhqui</a> was the <a href="/earth/moons_and_rings.html&edu=high&dev=">Moon</a> goddess according the Aztec mythology. The image above reproduces "The Coyolxauhqui Stone," a giant monolith found at the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan.<p><small><em>Image courtesy of the Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico.</em></small></p>

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The Earth: Coatlicue

Coatlicue, whose name means "Serpent Skirt," was the Earth goddess of life and death in the ...Read more

The Rain: Tlaloc

Tlaloc was an important deity of rain and fertility in the Aztec mythology. Aztec people were ...Read more

The Moon: Coyolxauhqui

Coyolxauhqui represents the Moon in the Aztec mythology. Her name means "Golden Bells." She ...Read more

The Sun: Huitzilopochtli

Huitzilopochtli was the patron deity in Aztec mythology. The Aztecs were an ancient civilization ...Read more

The Sun: Tonatiuh

Most of the astronomical beliefs of the Aztecs of central Mexico are known from the existing ...Read more

Venus: Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli

Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is an Aztec deity representing the planet Venus and an apparition of ...Read more

The Pleiades: Tianquiztli

The Pleiades were known to the Aztecs as Tianquiztli which means the "marketplace." The Pleiades ...Read more

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