(Pronunciation guide. x = sh sound; qu = k; hu and gu = w before a vowel; vowels are pronounced as in Spanish.)
Cetzontotochtin: four hundred rabbit; a god of pulque.
Centzonhuitznáhuac: four hundred stars; sons of coatlicue.
Coatlicue: the old goddess of the earth; like a Demeter; mother of the moon and stars and also of the sun, Huitzilopochtli.
Coyolxauhqui: godess of the moon; daughter of Coatlicue.
Huehueteotl: god of fire; wrinkle old man carrying a brazier on his head.
Huitzilopochtli: the Blue Tezcatlipoca; like the Greek Helios and Ares combined; son of the divine pair and of Coatlicue; god of the South; god of war; name meant hummingbird from the left.
Macuilxochitl: five flower male.
Mayahuel: goddess of pulque; conceived of a woman full of milk; she had four hundred breasts.
Mictlantecuhtli: god of the underworld, Mictlan; like Pluto in Hades; figures with bony mask; sat among owls and spiders.
Michlacihuatl: mistress of the underworld; Mujer enredadora; Cihuacoatl, woman snake; Tlazolteotl, filth deity; abandoned mistress; unloved wife; immature sexuality and dirty things; related to the deer; sexually abnormal.
Omecihuatl: (Tonacacihuatl), the goddess of the earth; a cross between Hera and Demeter; mother of the four Tezcatlipocas; member of the divine pair; symbol of fertility; she directs and grants mankind their wishes.
Ometecihtli: (Tonacatecuhtli) god the creator; like Zeus; member of the divine pair; also known as two rabbit god; another god of pulque; symbol of fertility; he directs and grants mankind their wishes.
Quetzalcóatl: the plumed serpent; human face; West; body of a snake; White Tezcatlipoca; god of the winds and of life; like a Prometheus; flying snake; precious twin or Quetzal twin.
Texcatzoncatl: god of wine; a lesser god; like Dionysus.
Tezcatlipoca: the Black Tezcatlipoca; god of death; North; disguise—jaguar; god of darkness and of sorcerers and of destruction, patron of princes, young warriors, and bachelors; god of fire; also like a Zeus and Pluto combined; name meant smoking mirror.
Tlaculteotl: goddess of lust and carnality; Aphrodite.
Tolac: the rain god; mouth of a tiger with circles under the eyes; beneficent god with powers to unleash storms; children were sacrificed to him; like a Poseidon.
Red Tezcatlipoca: also known as Xipe and Camaxtle: East.
Xochipilli: flower prince.
Xochiquetzal: linked to Xochitl; goddess of youthful sexuality; patroness of flower arrangers, prostitutes, embroiders, precious flower; goddess as beautiful as flowers or Quetzal feathers.
Xochitli: a flower; the female who invented pulque, a maiden who was ravished by one of the kings of Tula.
Xólotl: twin brother of Quetzalcóatl; dog-headed god.
