In Aztec mythology, Ometecuhtli ("two-lord"; also Ometeoltloque, Ometecutli, Tloque Nahuaque, Citlatonac) was a god of fire, a creator deity and one of the highest gods in the pantheon, though he had no cult and was not actively worshipped. He, along with his wife, Omecihuatl, was the source of life on Earth; the pair were aspects of Ometeotl.
Originally, Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl lived in the World of Darkness, where there was no light, stars or white flowers.
But the rulers of the four cardinal points were the four brothers that created it all: Xipetotec ruled the East, Quetzalcoatl ruled the West, Huitzilopochtli ruled the south and Tezcatlipoca the North.
Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl were very pleased with the creation, and started sending little drops of light to be the souls of children, and they still send their drops to the pregnant mothers.
Along with Omecíhuatl, Ometecuhtli resided in Omeyocan (“the place two,” or “double heaven”), the 13th and highest Aztec heaven.
Important were the high god Ometecuhtli, the morning star Quetzalcóatl, and the various legends woven round Tezcatlipoca, patron of warriors, who in the form of Huit-zilopochtli was patron of...
In association with Chantico, his feminine counterpart, Xiuhtecuhtli was believed to be a representation of the divine creator, Ometecuhtli.
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