Aztec Mythology - Cosmology

Cosmology

In the beginning there was Ometeotl, (known Ilhuicateotl « Sky god », Moyocoyan « Whom invented himself and created himself », Tloque Nahuaque « Mighty », Ipalnemohuani « Surrounding »), god of the duality, who divided himself in to two primordial beings Ometecuhtli (the male essence of the creator) and Omecihuatl (the female essence of the creator). The aztec gods and goddess were mainly taken from the sources of Francisco Javier Clavijero, Alfredo Chavero, Francisco del Paso y Troncoso, Manuel Orozco y Berra and Bernardino de Sahagún, where depending on the source the suffixes of the Aztec names are exchanged "Lli", "Li", "Tl", "Tli", "Tlli" as occasionally the initials of the Aztec names are changed "Ch", "C", "Qu", "X", "K", "Z". Aztec gods are mostly mentioned in the codex Borgia, Fejérváry-Mayer, Chimalpopoca, Magliabechiano, Borbonicus, Ríos, Vaticanus, Laud, Cospi, Ixtlilxochitl, Telleriano-Remensis.

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