- Yohaulticetl
In
Aztec mythology , Yohualticetl, the "Lady of the Night", was a moon goddess and guardian of infants. She may have been the same asMetztli andCoyolxauhqui and themale moon god Tecciztecatl .
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Tecciztecatl — In Aztec mythology, Tecciztecatl ( old moon god ; also Tecuciztecal, Tecuciztecatl) was a lunar deity, representing the old man on the moon . He could have been the sun god, but he feared the sun s fire, so Nanahuatzin became the sun god and… … Wikipedia
Metztli — In Aztec mythology, Metztli (also Meztli, Metzi) was a god or goddess of the moon, the night, and farmers. He/she was probably the same deity as Yohaulticetl and Coyolxauhqui and the male moon god Tecciztecatl; like the latter, he/she feared the… … Wikipedia
