Ometeotl
Aztec/Mexica · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Dual male-female creator principle of Omeyocan (Ometecuhtli/Omecihuatl, equated with Tonacatecuhtli/-cihuatl); note the name 'Ometeotl' is partly a modern scholarly synthesis from these attested dual deities.
Children
Domains
- duality and origin
- creation and sustenance
Powers
- Engender the four creator gods from the highest heaven
- Send each infant soul down at its birth
Relations
- interpretatio: Lord 1 DeerLord 1 Deer with Lady 1 Deer is the primordial dual creator-couple of the Apoala emergence, the Mixtec expression of the male-female creator principle the Aztecs personified as Ometeotl.Alfonso Caso, Reyes y reinos de la Mixteca (1977-79); Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I; Nicholson (1971) (secondary)
- interpretatio: Lady 1 DeerLady 1 Deer is the female half of the Mixtec primordial creator-couple, together with Lord 1 Deer corresponding to the dual Aztec creator Ometeotl/Omecihuatl.Alfonso Caso, Reyes y reinos de la Mixteca (1977-79); Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I; Nicholson (1971) (secondary)
- ancestor of: QuetzalcoatlAs the dual creator (Ometecuhtli/Omecihuatl, = Tonacatecuhtli/-cihuatl), parent of Quetzalcoatl, who already lists Ometeotl as parent.Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas (the four sons of Tonacatecuhtli/Tonacacihuatl) (primary)
- ancestor of: TezcatlipocaParent of Tezcatlipoca in the four-sons creation tradition; Tezcatlipoca already lists Ometeotl as parent.Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas (primary)
- ancestor of: Xipe TotecParent of Xipe Totec (the red Tezcatlipoca) in the four-sons tradition; Xipe Totec already lists Ometeotl as parent.Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas (primary)
Sources
- existence: Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book VI; Histoyre du Mechique; Codex Ríos (primary)