Students will study about the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca in this lesson. How many different personalities does he have? How did the Aztecs pay tribute to him? What part did he play in the creation of the universe? All of the solutions may be found right here.
Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca was one of the Aztec pantheon's most powerful gods. Tezcatlipoca was originally adopted by the Toltecs and is associated with the horned owl and the jaguar, the latter of which he has been known to shapeshift into at will. This helps to explain his connection to the first day of the Aztec calendar, which is symbolized by a jaguar. Tezcatlipoca appeared as various other gods who represented elements of his identity, in addition to his shapeshifting power. Isn't it complicated? We'll go over that in more detail in a later section. Tezcatlipoca was, in the end, an omnipresent god who could be in all places at the same time and was known for his volatile temperament, conferring good or terrible fate on a person.
Co-Creator of the Fifth Sun
Unfortunately, the watery nothingness, whose lone resident was a terrifying beast known as Tlalteotl, provided them very little to work with. We are not exaggerating when we say she was covered in eyes and mouths all over her body, and she was hungry for any living flesh she could locate. It makes you wonder if the flood had killed everything or if it simply allowed her to consume everything.
Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl, ever efficient, determined that if they had to kill the beast, they could utilize her flesh to create the new world. They transformed into snakes and dove into the water in pursuit of Tlalteotl. They tore her in half when they found her, but she chewed off Tezcatlipoca's foot in the battle.
Despite this, the brothers tossed her lower body into the sky to create the heavens. Mountains, islands, and continents grew out of her upper body. As a result, she became the goddess of the earth, who was sacrificed in order to create the universe. To keep her happy, she needed to be rewarded with the hearts of sacrificial victims.
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