The Aztec civilization may have peaked more than 500 years ago, but all the Aztec gods and goddesses remain culturally significant even today. Once central to the Aztec religion, these deities ...

It is thus only fitting for a goddess to be named for none other than the door hinge: Cardea. And now, thanks to Clay ...

Chalchiuhtlicue, which means “She Who Wears a Jade Skirt,” was the Aztec goddess of rivers, lakes, and freshwater. She was also associated with infants and children. Naming rituals presided ...

One opinion was a fake made in Europe and brought to Mexico by Franciscans. Another suggested the tilma was painted over the image of a dark-eyed Aztec goddess. Both conjectures have been proven false ...

When the Tlaltecuhtli monolith was found, López Luján noticed that the god depicted held a rabbit, with ten dots above it, in its clawed right foot. In the Aztec writing system, 10-Rabbit is ...

Worship of the God, who represents fertility and regeneration, is known to have later spread throughout Mesoamerica during Aztec times. The INAH say the 85cm (33in) ceramic effigy of the god was ...