Metztli

Aztec moon deity

For the exoplanet named Meztli, see HD 104985 b.

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Metztli

Moon deity

Metztli as depicted in the Codex Borgia

Symbol| Moon, rabbit
Region| Mesoamerica
Ethnic group| Aztec

In Aztec mythology, Mētztli (Nahuatl: [metstɬi]; also rendered Meztli, Metzi, literally "Moon") was a god or goddess of the moon, the night, and farmers.[citation needed]

## See also

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* List of lunar deities

## References

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* Galindo Trejo, Jesús (1994). Arqueoastronomía en la américa antigua. México: Equipo Sirius, S.A. ISBN 84-86639-66-2.
* Esperanza Carrasco Licea & Alberto Carramiñana Alonso, "Metztli, La Luna", Diario Síntesis, 28 de Mayo de 1996

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Aztec mythology

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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