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Encyclopedia > Chalchiutotolin

In Aztec mythology, Chalchiutotolin was a god of disease and plague. He may be an aspect or alias of Tezcatlipoca.


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Notes on Animal Images in Codex Borbonicus, by Karl Young (384 words)
In this case his nature is modified by the turkey form he here assumes.
In Christian terms, Chalchiutotolin's powers can be seen as a type of grace.
Although Tezcatlipoca could tempt humans into self-destruction, when he assumed his turkey form he could also cleanse them of contamination, absolve them of guilt, and mitigate their otherwise inexorable calender-based fate - no other god could perform this last function.
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