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The origin of this god is from Toltec origin, and possibly could be traced to Teotihuacan .

In the Nahua/Aztec tradition, Ometeolt/Omecihualt is a dual god, male and female, who was the creator of Cemanahuatl . Ometeotl's male aspect is Ometecutli , his/her female aspect is Omecihuatl . S/he dwelled in and ruled over Omeyocan ("Two Place"), home of the gods.

There were no temples dedicated to this god, but Ometeotl is referred to in most of the Aztec poetry.

Ometeotl was also referred by other names: Tloque Nahuaque, "Owner of the Near and Far"; Moyocoyatzin, "The Inventor of Himself"; Ipalnemohua, "The Giver of Life".




An Aztec poem declares:


The giver of life mock of us

only a dream we chase

oh my friends

our hearth trust

But he really mock of us

but with emotion we enjoy

in the green things and in the paintings

The giver of life make us live

he knows, he rules

how we, the men, will die

nobody, nobody, nobody

really lives on earth.



(Manuscript, Cantares Mexicanos/National Library of Mexico)