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Mictlāntēcutli or Mictlantecuhtli (Nahuatl pronunciation: [mik.t͡ɬaːn.ˈteːkʷ.t͡ɬi], meaning "Lord of Mictlan"), in Aztec mythology, is a god of the dead and the king of Mictlan (Chicunauhmictlan), the lowest and northernmost section of the underworld.
2 Σεπ 2022 · Mictlantecuhtli is one of the principal gods of the Aztecs and one of the strangest characters in the world’s many mythologies. As a god of death, Mictlantecuhtli ruled over the Aztec version of Hell and was typically portrayed either with a skull for a head or as an entire skeleton.
29 Νοε 2022 · Mictlantecuhtli was the Aztec god of death, who ruled over the land of the dead with his wife Mictecacihuatl. He was tricked into giving up the bones that would become the humans of the fifth age by Quetzalcoatl.
Mictlantecuhtli is an Aztec god of death and the king of Mictlan, the lowest and northernmost section of the underworld. He is one of the principal gods of the Aztecs and is the most prominent of several gods and goddesses of death and the underworld.
5 Μαρ 2024 · The Aztec god of death and lord of Mictlan, the lowest realm of the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli’s worship involved frightening rituals of human sacrifice and cannibalism. But he was also a symbol of hope.
On the Aztec calendar, the Aztec god of death Mictlantecuhtli was represented as the source of souls for people born on the sixth day of the 13-day week. He was also the fifth of the nine night gods of the Aztecs.
Mictlantecuhtli (left), god of death, the lord of the Underworld and Quetzalcoatl (right), god of wisdom, life, knowledge, morning star, patron of the winds and light, the lord of the West. Together they symbolize life and death.
