In Aztec mythology, Ehecatl was the god of wind, an aspect of Quetzalcoatl. His breath moved the sun and pushed away rain. He fell in love with a human girl named Mayahuel, and gave mankind the ability to love so that she could return his passion. Their love was symbolized by a beautiful tree which grows on the place he arrived on earth. As a manifestation of Quetzalcoatl the wind god also lured musicians to the House of the Sun to bring beautiful sound to a silent world. The Aztec civilization recognized many gods and supernatural creatures. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... In Aztec mythology, Mayahuel was a human girl whom Ehecatl, the wind god, fell in love with. ...

Why the Wind God Wept, by Eve Titus, is a fiction book based on aztec legends set in Ancient Mexico. The Aztec peoples are plaged by the moaning and crying of the wind god at night. So the cheif decides that someone should stay in the temple until the wind god appears to them. The reward should they succeed is to marry the cheif's daughter. First a warrior stays the night but he is not patient enoght and gets thrown out of the temple. The warrior does not want to look like a fool so he lies to the cheif and says that the wind god is crying because the temple is not big enough. So the Aztecs build a bigger temple. The wind got still cries and the warrior is punished. Then a hunter comes along to stay in the temple but yet again he is not patient enough and gets thrown out of the temple. He is also ashamed he did not discover why the wind god cries so he also lies to the cheif and says that the temple is not tall enough. So the Aztecs build a taller temple, but still the wind god continues to cry. Then a poet offers to stay in the temple but he is turned away because the priests do not think he is worthy, for he is of low rank. The cheif however lets him stay in the temple. The poet waits a very long time before the wind god finaly shows himself to tell the real reason why he cries. The Wind God says that the temples corners are too sharp, it is the wind gods curse to blow around so he is blowing into these corners causing him terrible pain. The poet tells the cheif that they must build a perfectly round temple. The people build a round temple and the wind god cries no more. The poet is rewarded and marries the cheif's daughter.

[[1]]

This article relating to a myth or legend from Mesoamerica is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Block quote Image File history File links Orange-sun-small. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυολογία mythología, from mythologein to relate myths, from mythos, meaning a narrative, and logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and... Location of Mesoamerica in the Americas. ...