Tezcatlipoca
Aztec/Mexica · deity · cosmogonic · deity
Omnipotent, capricious Mexica god of night, sorcery, rulership and fate; 'He of the Smoking Mirror.'
Parentage
Domains
- night sky
- sorcery and divination
- rulership and fate
- discord and conflict
Powers
- Scry all deeds and hearts in obsidian mirror
- Transform into jaguar and other nahual forms
- Grant or destroy wealth, rank, and fortune
Epithets
- Moyōcoyatzin
- Yohualli Ehēcatl
- Tēlpōchtli
- Necoc Yāōtl
Relations
- sibling: Quetzalcoatl
- rival: Quetzalcoatl
- sibling: Huitzilopochtli
- killer of: Tlaltecuhtli
- sibling: Xipe Totec
- enemy: Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl
- equated with: Huracan