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Huēhuecoyōtl, the Glossary

In Aztec mythology, Huēhuehcoyōtl (from huēhueh "very old" (literally, "old old") and coyōtl "coyote" in Nahuatl) is the auspicious Pre-Columbian god of music, dance, mischief, and song.^[1]

Aztec mythology

Aztec mythology is the body or collection of myths of the Aztec civilization of Central Mexico.

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Aztecs

The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521.

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In metaphysics, balance is a point between two opposite forces that is desirable over purely one state or the other, such as a balance between the metaphysical law and chaos — law by itself being overly controlling, chaos being overly unmanageable, balance being the point that minimizes the negatives of both.

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Codex Borbonicus

The Codex Borbonicus is an Aztec codex written by Aztec priests shortly before or after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.

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Codex Telleriano-Remensis

The Codex Telleriano-Remensis, produced in sixteenth century Mexico on European paper, is one of the finest surviving examples of Aztec manuscript painting.

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Coyote

The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America.

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Coyote (mythology)

Coyote is a mythological character common to many cultures of the Indigenous peoples of North America, based on the coyote (Canis latrans) animal. Huēhuecoyōtl and coyote (mythology) are animal gods, coyotes in religion and trickster gods.

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Divinity

Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.

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Feather

Feathers are epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on both avian (bird) and some non-avian dinosaurs and other archosaurs.

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Human male sexuality

Human male sexuality encompasses a wide variety of feelings and behaviors.

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Luck

Luck is the phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative ones.

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Male

Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilisation.

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Mesoamerica

Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area that begins in the southern part of North America and extends to the Pacific coast of Central America, thus comprising the lands of central and southern Mexico, all of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

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Mexica

The Mexica (Nahuatl:,;Nahuatl Dictionary. (1990). Wired Humanities Project. University of Oregon. Retrieved August 29, 2012, from singular) were a Nahuatl-speaking people of the Valley of Mexico who were the rulers of the Triple Alliance, more commonly referred to as the Aztec Empire.

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Nahuatl

Nahuatl, Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family.

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Pantheism

Pantheism is the philosophical and religious belief that reality, the universe, and nature are identical to divinity or a supreme entity.

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Pre-Columbian Mexico

The pre-Columbian (or prehispanic) history of the territory now making up the country of Mexico is known through the work of archaeologists and epigraphers, and through the accounts of Spanish conquistadores, settlers and clergymen as well as the indigenous chroniclers of the immediate post-conquest period.

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Shapeshifting

In mythology, folklore, and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through unnatural means.

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Tōnacācihuātl

In Aztec mythology, italic was a creator and goddess of fertility, worshiped for peopling the earth and making it fruitful.

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Temazcal

A temazcal is a type of sweat lodge, which originated with pre-Hispanic indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica.

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Temazcalteci

In the Aztec mythology, Temazcalteci (Nahuatl temāzcalli 'sweat bath' + tecitl 'grandmother') was the goddess of steam baths.

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Tezcatlipoca

Tezcatlipoca (Tēzcatlipōca) or Tezcatl Ipoca was a central deity in Aztec religion. Huēhuecoyōtl and Tezcatlipoca are animal gods, Aztec gods and trickster gods.

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Trecena

A trecena is a 13-day period used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican calendars.

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Trickster

In mythology and the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story (god, goddess, spirit, human or anthropomorphisation) who exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and defy conventional behavior.

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Xōchiquetzal

In Aztec mythology, Xochiquetzal (Xōchiquetzal), also called Ichpochtli Ichpōchtli, meaning "maiden"),Nahuatl Dictionary. (1997). Wired Humanities Project. University of Oregon. Retrieved September 1, 2012, from was a goddess associated with fertility, beauty, and love, serving as a protector of young mothers and a patroness of pregnancy, childbirth, and the crafts practiced by women such as weaving and embroidery.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huēhuecoyōtl

Also known as Gueguecoyotl, Huehuecoyotl, Ueuecoyotl.