Information AboutHuehueteotl |
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| aztec gods | |
| aztec mythology and religion | |
| mesoamerican mythology and religion | |
| mesoamerican deities | |
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Huehueteotl ("Old god"; ''agéd god'' in Nahuatl ) is a Mesoamerica n deity figuring in the Pantheon s of Pre-Columbian cultures, particularly in Aztec Mythology and others of the Central Mexico region. He is also sometimes called '''Ueueteotl'''. Although known mostly in the cultures of that region, images and iconography depicting Huehueteotl have been found at other Archaeological Site s across Mesoamerica, such as in the Gulf region, western Mexico, Protoclassic-era sites in the Guatemala n highlands such as Kaminaljuyú and Late-Postclassic sites on the northern Yucatán Peninsula (Miller and Taube, 1993:189). Huehueteotl is frequently considered to overlap with, or be another aspect of, a central Mexican/ Aztec deity associated with Fire , Xiuhtecuhtli . In particular, the Florentine Codex identifies Huehueteotl as an alternative epithet for Xiutecuhtli, and consequently that deity is sometimes referred to as '''''Xiutecuhtli-Huehueteotl'''''. However, Huehueteotl is characteristically depicted as an aged or even decrepit being, whereas Xiutecuhtli's appearance is much more youthful and vigorous, and he has a marked association with rulership and (youthful) warriors (Miller and Taube, ''op. cit.''). REFERENCES |
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