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Tezcatlipoca

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Tezcatlipoca (Classical Nahuatl: Tēzcatlīpohca [teːs̻kat͡ɬiːˈpoʔkaˀ]) or Tezcatl Ipoca was a central deity in Aztec religion. He is associated with a variety of concepts, including the night sky, hurricanes, obsidian, and conflict. He was considered one of the four sons of Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl, the primordial dual deity. His main festival was Toxcatl, which, like most religious festivals of Aztec culture, involved human sacrifice.

Tezcatlipoca God of providence, the invisible and darkness, lord of the Night Ruler of the North[1] Member of the Tezcatlipocas Tezcatlipoca as depicted in the Codex Borgia Other namesBlack Tezcatlipoca, Ometeteosij Abode Ilhuicatl-Teteocan[1] (Twelfth Heaven) Ilhuicatl-Yayauhco[1] (Sixth Heaven) the North[1] SymbolBlack Jaguar[1] GenderMale RegionMesoamerica Ethnic groupAztec, Tlaxcaltec, Toltec (Nahua) FestivalsToxcatl Genealogy ParentsOmetecuhtli and Omecihuatl (Codex Zumarraga)[1] SiblingsQuetzalcoatl, Xipe-Totec, Huitzilopochtli (Codex Zumarraga)[1]…

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