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Tlaltecuhtli (Classical Nahuatl Tlāltēuctli, Nahuatl pronunciation: [t͡ɬaːl.teːkʷ.t͡ɬi]) is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican deity worshipped primarily by the Mexica people. Sometimes referred to as the "earth monster," Tlaltecuhtli's dismembered body was the basis for the world in the Aztec creation story of the fifth and final cosmos. [ 5 ]
Macuiltochtli (pronounced [makʷiɬtoːtʃtɬi], 'Five Rabbit'; from Classical Nahuatl: macuilli, 'five' + tochtli, 'rabbit') is one of the five deities from Aztec and other central Mexican pre-Columbian mythological traditions who, known collectively as the Ahuiateteo, symbolized excess, over-indulgence and the attendant punishments and consequences thereof.
Tlaltecuhtli, the god/goddess of the earth (changed in the landscape and atmosphere) Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of running water, lakes, rivers, streams, the sea, horizontal waters, storms, and baptism. Tonatiuh, god of the Sun; Tlazolteotl, goddess of lust, carnality, and sexual misdeeds. Mictlantecuhtli, god of the Underworld (Mictlan)
Huastec statue of Ometochtli. Rabbit-shaped vessel probably used for containing pulque, the rabbit, and the rabbit deity Ome Tochtli, was a symbol of pulque. In Aztec mythology, Ometochtli (pronounced [oːmetoːtʃtɬi]) is the collective or generic name of various individual deities and supernatural figures associated with pulque (octli), [1] an alcoholic beverage derived from the fermented ...
Along the bottom of the rim are glyphs representing Tlaltecuhtli at each of the cardinal points, [1] [5] in between these glyphs are rows of tecpatl, sacrificial knives. [4] Along the top of the rim are eyes and circular pieces of jade, symbols of Venus and the stars. [2] [1]
Below this, facing upwards, is a depiction of the earth deity Tlaltecuhtli, next to which is military equipment representing warfare. The lower part of the front of the sculpture displays the dates One Rabbit (left) and Two Reed (right). The latter includes a rope representing the New Fire ceremony in that year. Together, the dates refer to ...
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Various scholarships, however, believe the face at the centre of the stone to be that of the earth monster Tlaltecuhtli. [ 9 ] [ 18 ] Tlaltecuhtli is often depicted in Aztec art with an open mouth and a sacrificial knife known as a "flint" representing a tongue. [ 19 ]