The god of war, sacrifice and the sun. His name means ‘Hummingbird of the South’. He is always shown wearing a headdress made of large feathers and wielding the turquoise snake, Xiuhcoatl, as a weapon.
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The god of rain and water. Aztecs would pray to Tlaloc for rain to help their crops grow although he could also send storms if he was angry. He is often shown with fangs and large eyes.
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The god of the night, magic and the earth. His name means ‘smoking mirror’. His sacred animal is the jaguar and he is usually shown with yellow and black stripes across his face.
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The goddess of agriculture, nourishment and corn. Her name means ‘seven snakes’. She is usually shown as a young girl carrying flowers.
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The god of life and wind. His name means ‘feathered serpent’. Aztecs believe that Quetzalcoatl created mankind. He is often shown as a feathered serpent which could fly (similar to a dragon).
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The goddess of beauty and art. She is usually shown as a young, beautiful woman wearing fancy clothes. She looked after mothers and people who made beautiful things, such as craftspeople.
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The goddess of rivers and lakes. Her name means ‘she of the jade skirt’. She is also sometimes seen as the protector of navigators. She is usually shown wearing a tasselled headdress and a skirt with a stream of water flowing out of it.
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The god of the hunt and the stars. His name means ‘cloud serpent’. He is usually shown with a mask over his eyes and white and red stripes all over his body. Mixcoatl uses a harpoon (called Amhimitl) as a weapon.
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The god of fire, lightning and death. Aztecs believed that Xolotl guarded the sun and travelled through the underworld every night. He is shown as a vicious dog.
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The god of the dead and ruler of the underworld. He is associated with creatures such as bats, owls and spiders. He is usually shown wearing a skull mask.
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The goddess of fire and the hearth. Her name means ‘she who dwells in the house’. She is usually shown as having a yellow body with red lines on her face and sitting on a chair.
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The god of medicine and healing. He gave the Aztecs a medicine which helped with healing and surgery called ‘peyote’.
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The god of earthquakes, echoes and jaguars. He is usually shown as a jaguar holding a staff with green feathers. The spots on his coat are said to represent the stars in the sky.
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The god of the dawn. Aztecs believe that he represents the star of Venus in the night sky and helps to hold up the sky. He can cause harm to people by shooting darts.
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The god of art, dance, flowers and song. His name means ‘flower prince’. He is usually shown wearing a teardrop-shaped pendant and sitting on a throne with plants around him.
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