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Tezcatlipoca

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Tezcatlipoca is the 'Smoking Mirror", he is the God of the nocturnal sky, God of the ancestral
memory, god of time and the Lord of th North, the embodiment of change through conflict.

Together with his enteral opposite Quetzalcoatl, he created the world. In this process,
Tezcatlipoca lost his foot when he used it as a bit of bait for the Earth Minster Cipactli. As a god of creation he is known 'Ipalnemoani, "He by when we live".
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Tezcatlipoca has many aspects. As Tezcatlipoca Yaoti ("Enemy") he is the patron of the warrior, as Tezcatlipoca
Telpochtli he stands for eternal youth. Other names are Necocyaotl ("Enemy of both sides "), Tloque Nahuaque ("Lord
of the near and far") and Yohualli Ehecati (Night Wind), Ome a att ("Two Reed") and Ilhuicahua ("Prossessor" of the
Sky and Earth").

Quetzalcoatl is also called White Tezcatlipoca, to contrast him to the black Tezcatlipoca.
Tezcatlipoca is usually depicted black with yellow stripe painted across his face. He is often shown with his right foot
replaced with an obsidian mirror or a snake.
One of his Nahuais is the Jaguar, and his Jaguar aspect is the deity Tepeyolloti "Heart of the Mountain". Another
Nagual of Tezcatlipoca is Chalchihuihtotolin, the (blood-) Jewelled Fowl.
Tezcatlipoca can tempt humans into self-destruction, but when he takes his turkey form he can also cleanse them of
contamination, absolve them of guilt, and overcome their fate.

In the tonalpohualli, Tezcatlipoca is the ruler of the day Acatl. He is the "Lord of the day door days with number 10,
("mahalactli" in Nahuartl).

TEZCATLIPOCA 2-5-8-3-1-2-3-9-7-6-3-1
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Re: Tezcatlipoca

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Tezcatlipoca-His Aztec Mask
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The Skull of the "Smoking Mirror". A human skull forms the base for this mask of the God Tezcatlipoca or Smoking
Mirror, one of the four creator gods in the Aztec pantheons. The Aztec believed that the defeat of Quetzalcoati
by Tezcatlipoca marked the beginning of the current era of creation. The decoration is worked in alternate bands
of bright blue turquoise and black mosaic. The eyes are made of two orbs of polished pyrite framed by rings of white
conch shell. The nasal cavity is lined with plates of red she'll.

From Mexico, 15th-16th century A.D.
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Re: Tezcatlipoca

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In the month of Tóxcatl, the sixth month (or 5th) of the Aztec solar year, Tezcatlipoca was worshipped in special ceremonies.

Aztec Sun Stone dictating Tezcatlipoca worship month

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