Lords of the Night
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In Mesoamerican mythology the Lords of the Night are a set of nine deities who each ruled over every ninth night forming a calendrical cycle. Each lord was associated with a particular fortune, bad or
Lords of the Night in Codex Borgia (1a) Tlaloc, (1b) Tepeyollotl, (1c) Tlazolteotl, (2a) Centeotl, (2b) Mictlantecuhtli, (2c) Chalchiuhtlicue, (3a) Piltzintecuhtli, (3b) Tezcatlipoca, (3c) Xiuhtecuhtli. The actual reading order of the panels is boustrophedon and begins in the bottom right: 3c, 3b, 3a, 2a, 2b, 2c, 1c, 1b, 1a.
Piltzintecuhtli
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In Aztec mythology, Piltzintecuhtli was a god of the rising sun, healing, and visions, associated with Tōnatiuh. The name means "the Young Prince". It may have been another name for Tōnatiuh, but he i
Lords of the Night
…of 29 days each. The Nine Lords of the Night in Aztec mythology are: Xiuhtecuhtli ("Turquoise Lord/Lord of Fire") Tezcatlipoca ("Smoking Mirror") Piltzintecuhtli ("Noble Lord") Centeotl ("Maize God") Mictlantecuhtli ("Underworld Lord") Chalchiuhtlicue ("Jade Is Her Skirt") Tlazolteotl ("Filth God[dess]") Tepeyollotl…
A drawing of Piltzintecuhtli, one of the deities described in the Codex Borgia