Tezcatlipoca
Posted: 15 May 2017 00:23
Tezcatlipoca is the 'Smoking Mirror", he is the God of the nocturnal sky, God of the ancestral
memory, god of time and the Lord of th North, the embodiment of change through conflict.
Together with his enteral opposite Quetzalcoatl, he created the world. In this process,
Tezcatlipoca lost his foot when he used it as a bit of bait for the Earth Minster Cipactli. As a god of creation he is known 'Ipalnemoani, "He by when we live".
Tezcatlipoca has many aspects. As Tezcatlipoca Yaoti ("Enemy") he is the patron of the warrior, as Tezcatlipoca
Telpochtli he stands for eternal youth. Other names are Necocyaotl ("Enemy of both sides "), Tloque Nahuaque ("Lord
of the near and far") and Yohualli Ehecati (Night Wind), Ome a att ("Two Reed") and Ilhuicahua ("Prossessor" of the
Sky and Earth").
Quetzalcoatl is also called White Tezcatlipoca, to contrast him to the black Tezcatlipoca.
Tezcatlipoca is usually depicted black with yellow stripe painted across his face. He is often shown with his right foot
replaced with an obsidian mirror or a snake.
One of his Nahuais is the Jaguar, and his Jaguar aspect is the deity Tepeyolloti "Heart of the Mountain". Another
Nagual of Tezcatlipoca is Chalchihuihtotolin, the (blood-) Jewelled Fowl.
Tezcatlipoca can tempt humans into self-destruction, but when he takes his turkey form he can also cleanse them of
contamination, absolve them of guilt, and overcome their fate.
In the tonalpohualli, Tezcatlipoca is the ruler of the day Acatl. He is the "Lord of the day door days with number 10,
("mahalactli" in Nahuartl).
TEZCATLIPOCA 2-5-8-3-1-2-3-9-7-6-3-1
5
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezcatlipoca
memory, god of time and the Lord of th North, the embodiment of change through conflict.
Together with his enteral opposite Quetzalcoatl, he created the world. In this process,
Tezcatlipoca lost his foot when he used it as a bit of bait for the Earth Minster Cipactli. As a god of creation he is known 'Ipalnemoani, "He by when we live".
Telpochtli he stands for eternal youth. Other names are Necocyaotl ("Enemy of both sides "), Tloque Nahuaque ("Lord
of the near and far") and Yohualli Ehecati (Night Wind), Ome a att ("Two Reed") and Ilhuicahua ("Prossessor" of the
Sky and Earth").
Quetzalcoatl is also called White Tezcatlipoca, to contrast him to the black Tezcatlipoca.
Tezcatlipoca is usually depicted black with yellow stripe painted across his face. He is often shown with his right foot
replaced with an obsidian mirror or a snake.
One of his Nahuais is the Jaguar, and his Jaguar aspect is the deity Tepeyolloti "Heart of the Mountain". Another
Nagual of Tezcatlipoca is Chalchihuihtotolin, the (blood-) Jewelled Fowl.
Tezcatlipoca can tempt humans into self-destruction, but when he takes his turkey form he can also cleanse them of
contamination, absolve them of guilt, and overcome their fate.
In the tonalpohualli, Tezcatlipoca is the ruler of the day Acatl. He is the "Lord of the day door days with number 10,
("mahalactli" in Nahuartl).
TEZCATLIPOCA 2-5-8-3-1-2-3-9-7-6-3-1
5
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezcatlipoca
