A broken man, obsessed with 500 year old Mexican culture.

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  • Short answer: Aztec moon gods.

    Long answer:

    Both Coyolxauhqui and Tecciztecatl are lunar deities.

    According to the traditions of Central Mexico Tecciztecatl (also known as Tecuciztecatl) was the son (with breasts) of Tlaloc & Chalchiuhtlicue. Their name translates to “Person from Conch Land (place)” and is depicted with a sea shell on their head in the Codex Borgia. He was chosen to become the new solar deity in Teotihuacán during the creation of the 5th sun, but hesitated at the last moment. Nanahuatzin then threw himself into the sacred pyre created for the ritual thus becoming Tonatiuh the sun. Tecciztecatl shamed then followed becoming the moon (after getting a rabbit thrown at them).

    Coyolxauhqui is a lunar deity in the pantheon of the Tonochca who are the Mexica residents of Tenochtitlán. She is the sister of Huitzilopochtli the patron deity of the altepetl (city-state) who was a solar deity and her a lunar counterpart. She was dismembered by Huitzilopochtli and either all her parts or just her head (I can’t remember which) was thrown into the sky to become the moon.

    The word Aztec was invented in the early 1800’s by a German scholar so that’s why I pointed out regional differences.