The gods of Mexico

by Lewis Spence

[37] The resemblance of this festival to the uei teciulhuitl, the feast of Xilonen, is obvious. (For a fuller description, see Sahagun, bk. ii, c. xxvii.) [↑]

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CHAPTER VII

THE FIRE-GODS

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XIUHTECUTLI = “LORD OF THE YEAR”

• Area of Worship:
  • Mexico.
  • Toltec.
• Minor Names:
  • Tzoncaztli = “The Yellow-haired.”
  • In Xiuhtetzaqualco maquitoc = “He who enters the Blue Stone Pyramid.”
  • Yei itzcuintli = “Three Dog.”
  • Cuezaltzin = “The Flame.”
  • Chicunaui tecutli = “Nine Lord.”
  • Ueueteotl = “The Old God.”
  • Tlatic paque = “Lord of the Earth’s Surface.”
  • Tota = “Our Father.”
  • Tloque Nahuaque = “Lord of the Close Vicinity.”
  • Tlalxictentica = “Dweller in the Navel of the Earth.”
  • Ixcoçauhque = “The Yellow-faced.”
• Calendar Place:
  • Ruler of the ninth day-count, atl (water).
  • Ruler of the ninth tonalamatl division, ce coatl.
  • Ruler of the twentieth tonalamatl division, ce tochtli.
  • First of the nine lords of the night.
  • First of the thirteen lords of the day.
• Festivals:
  • Xocohuetzi, in the tenth month.
  • Izcalli, in the eighteenth month.
  • The day ce itzcuintli (“one dog”) (movable feast).
• Compass Direction: Lord of the Middle and of the four quarters.

FORMS OF XIUHTECUTLI.

Xiuhtecutli (left) and Tlauizcalpantecutli. (From Aubin Tonalamatl, p. 9.)