Lords of the Day

Aztec mythology belief

Further information: List of Aztec mythological figures

See also: Lords of the Night

In Aztec mythology the Lords of the Day (Classical Nahuatl: Tonalteuctin)[citation needed] are a set of thirteen gods that ruled over a particular day corresponding to one of the thirteen heavens.[citation needed] They were cyclical, so that the same god recurred every thirteen days. In the Aztec calendar, the lords of the day are[1]

1. Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire and time.
2. Tlaltecuhtli, goddess of the earth.
3. Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of water, lakes, rivers, seas, streams, horizontal waters, storms and baptism.
4. Tonatiuh, god of the sun.
5. Tlazolteotl, goddess of lust, carnality, sexual misdeeds.
6. Mictlantecuhtli, god of the underworld.
7. Centeotl, god of maize. Also recognized as Chicomecoatl,[2] goddess of agriculture.
8. Tlaloc, god of the thunder, rain and earthquakes.
9. Quetzalcoatl, god of wisdom, life, knowledge, morning star, fertility, patron of the winds and the light, the lord of the West.
10. Tezcatlipoca, god of providence, matter and the invisible, ruler of the night, Great Bear, impalpable, ubiquity and the twilight, the lord of the North.
11. Mictecacihuatl, goddess of the underworld.
12. Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, god of dawn.
13. Citlalicue, goddess of the female stars (Milky Way).

## Sources

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1. ^ Panorama Editorial, ed. (1998). Dioses Prehispánicos de México (in Spanish). México. pp. 140, 141. ISBN 968-38-0306-7.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. ^ Cecilio Agustín Robelo (1905). Biblioteca Porrúa. Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología (ed.). Diccionario de Mitología Nahua (in Spanish). Mexico. p. 72\. ISBN 978-9684327955. `{{cite book}}`: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Primordials|

* Ōmeteōtl: Ometēcuthli and Omecihuātl (or Tōnacātēcuhtli and Tōnacācihuātl)

Creator gods
(Four Tezcatlipocas)|

* Huītzilōpōchtli
* Quetzalcoatl
* Tezcatlipoca
* Xipe Totec (or Camaxtle)

Deities|

* Lords of the Night
* Centeōtl
* Chalchiuhtlicue
* Cinteotl
* Mictlāntēcutli
* Piltzintecuhtli
* Tepēyōllōtl
* Tezcatlipoca (see Creator gods)
* Tláloc
* Tlazōlteōtl
* Xiuhtecuhtli
* Lords of the Day
* Citlālicue
* Mictēcacihuātl
* Nanahuatzin
* Tlāhuizcalpantecuhtli
* Tlaltecuhtli
* Tōnatiuh
* Acolnahuacatl
* Acuecueyotl (see Chalchiuhtlicue)
* Atlahua
* Atlacoya
* Chalchiuhtotolin
* Chantico
* Chicomecōātl
* Chīmalmā
* Cihuacōātl
* Cihuatecayotl
* Cipactonal
* Cōātlīcue
* Coyolxāuhqui
* Ehecatl
* Huēhuecoyōtl
* Huitztlampaehecatl
* Huixtocihuatl
* Ilamatecuhtli
* Ītzpāpālōtl
* Itzpapalotlcihuatl
* Itzpapalotltotec
* Itztlacoliuhqui
* Ixtlilton
* Macuiltochtli
* Macuilxochitl
* Malinalxochitl
* Mayahuel
* Metztli
* Mictlanpachecatl
* Mixcoatl
* Opochtli
* Oxomoco
* Painal
* Patecatl
* Tēcciztēcatl
* Temazcalteci
* Tepoztēcatl
* Tlacotzontli
* Tlalocayotl
* Tlilhua
* Toci
* Toltecatl
* Tonantzin
* Xilonen
* Xōchipilli
* Xōchiquetzal
* Xochitlicue
* Xocotl
* Xolotl
* Yacatecuhtli
* Zacatzontli

Groups|

* Ahuiateteo
* Centzonmīmixcōa
* Centzonhuītznāhua
* Centzon Tōtōchtin
* Cintēteo
* Cihuateteo
* Civateteo
* Ehecatotontli
* Tiānquiztli
* Tzitzimitl
* Xiuhtotontli

Places|

* Anahuac
* Aztlán
* Cemanahuac
* Chicomoztoc
* Huēyi Teōcalli
* Mictlān (The Underworld)
* Tamoanchan
* Teotihuacan
* Thirteen Heavens
* Tlālōcān
* Tlillan-Tlapallan
* Tōllān

Beliefs and
practice|

* Five Suns
* The Stinking Corpse
* Use of entheogens

Codices|

* Aubin Codex
* Aubin Manuscript no. 20
* Aubin Tonalamatl
* Codex Azcatitlan
* Codices Azoyú I & II
* Badianus Manuscript
* Codices Becker I & II
* Boban Aztec Calendar Wheel
* Codex Bodley
* Codex Borbonicus
* Codex Borgia
* Codex Boturini
* Mapas de Cuauhtinchan 1-4
* Codex Chimalpahin
* Codex Chimalpopoca
* Codex Colombino
* Codex Cospi
* Codex Cozcatzin
* Codex Dresden
* Codex Durán
* Codex Fejérváry-Mayer
* Codex Florentine
* Codex Huamantla
* Códice de Huichapan
* Codex Huexotzinco
* Humboldt fragment 1
* Codex Ixtlilxochitl
* Codex Laud
* Lienzo Antonio de León
* Lienzo de Coixtlahuaca I & II
* Lienzo de Santa María Nativitas
* Lienzo de Santiago Ihuitlan
* Lienzo de Zacatepec I & II
* Codex Madrid
* Codex Magliabechiano
* Matrícula de Tributos
* Codex Mexicanus
* Crónica Mexicayotl
* Códice Maya de México
* Codex Osuna
* Oztoticpac Lands Map of Texcoco
* Paris Codex
* Plano en papel de maguey
* Primeros Memoriales
* Codex Porfirio Díaz
* Mapa Quinatzin
* Codex Ramírez
* Codex Reese
* Relación de Michoacán
* Codex Ríos
* Romances de los señores de Nueva España
* Codex Santa Maria Asunción
* Selden Roll
* Mapa Sigüenza
* Codex Telleriano-Remensis
* Tira de Tepechpan
* Anales de Tlatelolco
* Codex Tlatelolco
* Mapa Tloztin
* Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca
* Codex Totomixtlahuaca
* Codex Tudela
* Anales de Tula
* Codex Vaticanus B
* Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I
* Codex Xolotl
* Codex Zouche-Nuttall

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