Deity Mesoamerica and the Andes
Huitzilopochtli
Huitzilōpōchtli nah
Deity in Aztec mythology
- Child of Coatlicue, Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl
Lightning
War
Domains on record
Family
The family of Huitzilopochtli
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 9
Kinship in an account 9
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Coatlicue Aztec earth goddess - child of (child) Omecihuatl Aztec female deity
- child of (child) Ometecuhtli Aztec male deity
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child of (child) Tōnacātēcuhtli Aztec creator and fertility deity -
sibling of Coyolxauhqui Aztec goddess - sibling of Malinalxochitl aztec sorceress & goddess of snakes, & scorpions, & insects of the desert.
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sibling of Quetzalcoatl deity in Mesoamerican culture and literature -
sibling of Tezcatlipoca deity -
sibling of Xipe Totec Aztec deity
Connections
How Huitzilopochtli connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Attribute 2
What this means
A domain, symbol or epithet as sources record it.
Does not imply an exclusive domain · the same association in every account
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
11 statements on this record
- 4 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 7 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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