Aztec mythology

E159841
Mesoamerican mythology mythology religious belief system

Aztec mythology is the rich body of myths, deities, and cosmological beliefs of the Aztec civilization, explaining the origins, structure, and sacred cycles of the world and human society.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Aztec religion 31
Aztec pantheon 5
Aztec mythology canonical 4

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican mythology ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
religious belief system ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Lake Texcoco ⓘ
Tenochtitlan ⓘ
associatedWithSymbol eagle on cactus ⓘ
sun stone ⓘ
cultureOf Aztec culture ⓘ
surface form: Aztec civilization
hasCentralDeity Centeotl ⓘ
Chalchiuhtlicue ⓘ
Coatlicue ⓘ
Coyolxauhqui ⓘ
Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
Itzpapalotl ⓘ
Coyolxauhqui ⓘ
surface form: Metztli

Mictecacihuatl ⓘ
Mictlantecuhtli ⓘ
Ometeotl ⓘ
Quetzalcoatl ⓘ
Tezcatlipoca ⓘ
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli ⓘ
Tlaloc ⓘ
Tlaltecuhtli ⓘ
Tlazolteotl ⓘ
Tonatiuh ⓘ
Xipe Totec ⓘ
Xiuhtecuhtli ⓘ
Xochiquetzal ⓘ
Xolotl ⓘ
hasConcept Five Suns ⓘ
cosmic ages ⓘ
layered heavens ⓘ
nagualism ⓘ
ritual sacrifice ⓘ
sacred calendar ⓘ
tonalli ⓘ
underworld Mictlan ⓘ
world directions ⓘ
hasCosmologyFeature axis mundi ⓘ
nine underworld levels ⓘ
thirteen heavens ⓘ
hasMyth Legend of the Five Suns ⓘ
creation of humans from bones in Mictlan ⓘ
flood myths ⓘ
myth of the birth of Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
myths of Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca ⓘ
origin of maize ⓘ
hasRitualContext New Fire ceremony ⓘ
bloodletting ⓘ
human sacrifice ⓘ
temple festivals ⓘ
hasSource Codex Borbonicus ⓘ
Codex Borgia ⓘ
Codex Chimalpopoca ⓘ
Codex Mendoza ⓘ
Florentine Codex ⓘ
influencedBy Mesoamerican mythology ⓘ
surface form: Maya mythology

Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
surface form: Teotihuacan religion

Toltec civilization ⓘ
surface form: Toltec mythology
influences Mexican national symbolism ⓘ
modern Mexican folklore ⓘ
languageOfTransmission Classical Nahuatl ⓘ
partOf Aztec culture ⓘ
Aztec mythology self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aztec religion
usesCalendar Tzolkʼin calendar ⓘ
surface form: Tonalpohualli

Xiuhpohualli ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quetzalcoatl → mythologicalCycle → Aztec mythology ⓘ
Toltec civilization → religionInfluenced → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Tlaloc → memberOf → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec pantheon
Templo Mayor → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Texcoco polity → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Tlacopan polity → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Monolith of Tlaloc → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Codex Boturini → religionContext → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Itzcoatl → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Isabel Moctezuma → convertedFrom → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Tenochtitlan palace → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Tezcatlipoca → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Axayacatl → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Pedro Moctezuma → convertedFrom → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Cuauhtemotzin → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Guatimozín → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Moctezuma I → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Florentine Codex → mainSubject → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Huey Tlatoani → associatedWithReligion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Aztec mythology → partOf → Aztec mythology self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
xiuhcoatl → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
subject surface form: Xiuhcoatl
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
xiuhcoatl → mythology → Aztec mythology ⓘ
subject surface form: Xiuhcoatl
Panquetzaliztli → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Left-Handed Hummingbird → majorDeityIn → Aztec mythology ⓘ
subject surface form: Huitzilopochtli
this entity surface form: Aztec pantheon
Left-Handed Hummingbird → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
subject surface form: Huitzilopochtli
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Hummingbird of the South → associatedWithDomain → Aztec mythology ⓘ
Centzon Huitznahua → partOf → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec pantheon
Tlacaxipehualiztli → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Chalchiuhtlicue → pantheon → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec pantheon
Xochiquetzal → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Xochiquetzal → pantheon → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec pantheon
Tozoztontli → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Atlcahualo → religiousTradition → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Atlcahualo → partOf → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec state religion
Tonantzin → religiousTradition → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Coyolxauhqui Stone → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Aztec New Fire ceremony → religiousTradition → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Nezahualpilli → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Stone of the Five Eras → religion → Aztec mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec religion
Xoloitzcuintle dog breed → mentionedIn → Aztec mythology ⓘ
subject surface form: Xoloitzcuintle