Tōxcatl
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250px|right|thumb|The Aztec "Sun stone" presenting elements of the Aztec calendar.
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- The Festival
- Interpretations
- Notes
- References
250px|right|thumb|The Aztec "Sun stone" presenting elements of the Aztec calendar.
Toxcatl () was the name of the fifth twenty-day month or "veintena" of the Aztec calendar which lasted approximately from the 5th to the 22nd of May, and of the festival which was held every year in this month. The Festival of Toxcatl was dedicated to the god Tezcatlipoca and featured the sacrifice of a young man who had been impersonating the deity for a full year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tōxcatl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.