The provided sources do not supply a mythic origin story for Tlacolotl. In the available material Tlacolotl appears as a culturally meaningful term—the Nahuatl word for an owl and a symbol tied to darkness, sorcery, and misfortune—rather than as a figure with a documented cosmogonic origin. Secondary summaries variably personify the term as a representation or even as a 'god of evil,' but the excerpts do not include primary myth narratives or a clear traditional origin account.
Sources consistently associate Tlacolotl with the owl, and one modern summary specifically calls it a 'horned owl.' Beyond identification with the bird, the excerpts do not provide consistent anthropomorphic or iconographic descriptions; Tlacolotl is presented in the materials chiefly as an owl-sign or symbol rather than as a standardized humanoid deity image.
The cited texts attribute symbolic functions rather than concrete supernatural abilities. Tlacolotl is associated with darkness, sorcery, misfortune, and the role of omen-bearing or warning sign (as owls were read by post‑Conquest chroniclers). One modern encyclopedia summary frames Tlacolotl as 'the god of evil' and of 'dark places where evil plans are made,' but the available sources do not describe specific powers such as shapeshifting, possession, or elemental control.
Acolnahuacatl
Acolnahuacatl is a name attested in central Mexican sources both as a historical Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco and, in several modern compilations and trivia lists, as a minor chthonic or underworld-associated figure (often given the variant Acolmiztli). The evidence in the provided material is divided: the historical/genealogical reading is supported by standard reference entries, while the deity reading appears mainly in secondary online god-lists and quizzes and is not substantiated by detailed primary ritual or mythic texts in the supplied set.
Ahuiateteo
Ahuiateteo (Āhuiatēteoh; also rendered Mācuīltōnalequeh) are a quintet of Aztec deities associated with excess, pleasure, and the dangers that accompany over‑indulgence. They appear in calendrical and codical contexts, are invoked in divinatory practice, and are thematically linked to pleasures (feasting, drinking, gambling, sex, music) and the misfortunes that follow excess.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl is both the personal name of the eighth tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan (reigned ca. 1486–1502) known for military expansion and monumental rebuilding, and an onomastic term in Nahuatl for an aquatic animal/legendary creature (commonly glossed 'water thorny' and often associated with an otter or water opossum). The sources treat these registers—historical ruler and animal-name—as related but distinct uses of the same Nahuatl lexeme.
Ahuizotl
Ahuizotl is identified in the provided sources as an Aztec mythological creature; the same lexical form also names an historical Aztec emperor (Ahuitzotl). The available materials for this entry are limited to modern reference pages and a small set of artistic and popular-culture uses of the name, and do not contain primary indigenous mythic accounts or detailed ethnographic descriptions.
Akateko
Akateko (赤手児, lit. 'red child's hand') is a yōkai from Japanese folklore commonly told as a small, red, disembodied child's hand that appears from trees—especially the Japanese honey locust—and startles travelers; in some regional variants it is accompanied by a specter of a young woman or manifests as paired foot- or leg-like apparitions. Accounts vary between mostly harmless trickster apparition and a violent variant that attacks humans.
Alicante
Alicante is attested in available reference sources as the proper name of a mythological snake identified with Mexico. The surviving entries provide only the name and a categorical label (mythological snake) without accompanying narrative, attributes, or ritual context.
Amimitl (Opochtli)
A Mexica/Aztec deity associated with fishing, hunting, and water-related technologies; identified in sources with the better-documented figure Opochtli, "The Left," who functions as a specialized patron of implements and as a representative or attendant of the rain god Tlaloc. A temple in the Tira de la Peregrinación has been interpreted by a scholar as possibly belonging to a figure labeled Amimitl, but that identification is uncertain.
Atabey
Atabey is a principal Taíno ancestral mother-spirit (a zemi) associated with fresh water, fertility, and prime matter; she appears in early ethnohistorical transmissions with multiple names and manifestations ranging from nurturing mother to violent storm-mother.
Atlacoya
Atlacoya is named in modern compilations as a figure from Aztec tradition associated with drought; some modern databases alternately classify the name under water-deity categories. The supplied sources do not provide primary-codex citations, iconography, etymology, or detailed ritual texts.
Atlahua
Atlahua is an Aztec water-associated deity attested in colonial and modern summaries as a water god described as a fisherman and archer, identified in sources as a blue/aspectual form of Tlaloc and invoked in contexts of deaths in water.
Atlaua
Atlaua (also recorded as Atlahua, Ahtlahua, Atlahoa, Atlavâ) is an Aztec water deity described in the provided sources as a water god, fisherman and archer who was worshiped at multiple temples and was prayed to by the Aztecs when there were deaths in water.
Aztec Creator-Brothers
A quaternity of primordial divine offspring in Aztec (Mexica) myth who dwell in the highest heaven Ilhuicatl-Omeyocan as children of Omecihuatl and Ometecuhtli. Identified in sources with fourfold aspects (conventionally four Tezcatlipocas / colored aspects such as Black, Red, White, Blue) they act as cosmological agents who create living beings, take turns ruling as the Sun in successive world-ages, and participate in sacrificial acts that sustain cosmic cycles.
Community Record
- [1]10 Aztec Symbols Explained (blog post referencing Sahagún). Arclein's Blog, '10 Aztec Symbols Explained' (paraphrase of Sahagún on birds as omens and statement: 'Tlacolotl, the horned owl was a representation of the deepest evil to the Aztecs.')other
- [2]What did owls represent for Aztecs?. EWASH Q&A summary: 'The Aztec name for owl, tlacolotl, often had associations with darkness, sorcery, and misfortune, reflecting their overall negative perception of the bird.'other
- [3]The Mayan Pantheon: The Many Gods of the Maya (World History Encyclopedia). World History Encyclopedia entry (used in provided excerpts): 'Tlacolotl The god of evil, of those who practice evil, and of the dark places where evil plans are made.' (modern secondary summary)wiki