Tezcatlipoca

Omnipotent, capricious Mexica god of night, sorcery, rulership and fate; 'He of the Smoking Mirror.'

Parentage

• Ometeotl

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

Sources

• Sahagún, Florentine Codex (General History of the Things of New Spain), Books I, III, IV, VI