Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli

Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli (“Tlahuizcalpantecutli” or “Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli”) is a divinity of the Pantheon mésoaméricain.

It is the god of the color dew of the Aurore. Its name means “Lord of the house of star of the paddle” in Nahuatl, spoken language by the Toltèques and the Aztèques. It is the personification of star of the morning, the planet Venus. His/her brother Xólotl personified on his side the Venus planet as an evening star.

Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is one of the manifestations of the god Quetzalcoatl because the myth tells that Quetzalcoatl, made drunk by its ennmi Tezcatlipoca, emigrates towards the East where, after having founded some cities, is transformed into Venus, star of the morning. The most important building of the town of Tula, capital of Toltèques, is a temple devoted to this divinity, built between 950 and 1150 after Jesus-Christ.

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