His name translates as "inside the earth" and he shared the Templo Mayor with another major deity.
His name translates as "inside the earth" and he shared the Templo Mayor with another major deity. Designated the eight ruler of the days and the ninth ruler of the nights, five of the eighteen months of the year were dedicated to him, and one way of honoring him consisted of the ritual killing and eating of small idols made of amaranth paste. Similar to the Mayan god Chac, this god originated as a giant toad called Tlaltecuhtli [pron: T-lahl-teh-cut-li] and his companion was Chalchiuhtlicue [pron: chahl-chee-yoot-lee-kew], the goddess of freshwater lakes and streams. Originally a Nahuatl deity and worshipped together with Huitzilopochtli and Quetzlcoatl, for ten points, identify this god who could cause leprosy and rheumatism, the Aztec god of moisture and storms.
His name translates as "inside the earth" and he shared the Templo Mayor with another major deity.
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