Tezcatlipoca
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Aztec
- Deity.name
- Tezcatlipoca
- Deity.image
- Tezcatlipoca.png
- Deity.caption
- Tezcatlipoca as depicted in the Codex Borgia
- Deity.god_of
- God of providence, the invisible and darkness, lord of the NightRuler of the North
- Deity.other_names
- Black Tezcatlipoca,Ometeteosij
- Deity.member_of
- the Tezcatlipocas
- Deity.abode
- Ilhuicatl-Teteocan (Twelfth Heaven) Ilhuicatl-Yayauhco (Sixth Heaven) the North
- Deity.symbol
- Black Jaguar
- Deity.parents
- Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl (Codex Zumarraga)
- Deity.siblings
- Quetzalcoatl, Xipe-Totec, Huitzilopochtli (Codex Zumarraga)
- Deity.consorts
Article
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Representations
- Iconography
- ''Ezpitzal''
- Codex Fejéváry-Mayer
- Temples
- Priests
- Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl
- Creation stories
- Aztec religion and reverence
- Toxcatl
- Gallery
- See also
- Footnotes
- Notes
- In-text citations
- References
- External links
thumb|The jaguar was an animal sacred to Tezcatlipoca.|link=File:Standing_jaguar.jpg thumb|Mirrors in Mesoamerican culture#Aztecs|Aztec obsidian mirror
Tezcatlipoca ( ) or Tezcatl Ipoca was a central deity in Aztec religion. He is associated with a variety of concepts, including the night sky, hurricanes, obsidian, and conflict. He was considered one of the four sons of Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl, the primordial dual deity. His main festival was Toxcatl, which, like most religious festivals of Aztec culture, involved human sacrifice.