Metztli
Sign in to saveIn Aztec mythology, Mētztli (; also rendered Meztli, Metzi, literally "Moon") was a god or goddess of the moon, the night, and farmers.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Aztec
- Deity.image
- Meztli from Codex Borgia.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Metztli as depicted in the Codex Borgia
- Deity.symbol
- Moon, rabbit
- Deity.region
- Mesoamerica
- Deity.ethnic_group
- Aztec
- Deity.deity_of
- Moon deity
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lunar deity
- Image
- Metztli-Luna.jpg
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- domain of saint or deity
- Moon
- worshipped by
- Aztec mythology
- Commons category
- Meztli
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In Aztec mythology, Mētztli (; also rendered Meztli, Metzi, literally "Moon") was a god or goddess of the moon, the night, and farmers.
==See also== List of lunar deities
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metztli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.