Xipe Totec
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In Aztec mythology, Xipe Totec or Xipetotec was a life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture, vegetation, the east, spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths, liberation, deadly warfare, the seasons, and the
Annotated image of Xipe Totec sculpture
Xipe Totec as depicted in the Codex Borgia
Xipe Totec, shown wearing the flayed skin of a sacrificial victim
Tezcatlipoca
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Tezcatlipoca or Tezcatl Ipoca was a central deity in Aztec religion. He is associated with a variety of concepts, including the night sky, hurricanes, obsidian, and conflict. He was considered one of
Aztec obsidian mirror
Tezcatlipoca with all 20 day signs, symbolizing the divine calendar (Codex Borgia)
Tezcatlipoca on page 12 of the Codex Borgia
Mask representing Tezcatlipoca formed from a human skull, likely worn by priests during sacred rites. Turquoise with iron pyrites for the eyes. From the British Museum