Ometochtli

Rabbit-shaped vessel probably used for containing pulque, the rabbit, and the rabbit deity Ome Tochtli, was a symbol of pulque.

InAztec mythology,Ometochtliis the collective or generic name of various individual deities and supernatural figures associated withpulque(octli),an alcoholic beverage derived from the fermented sap of themagueyplant.By the Late Postclassic period ofMesoamerican chronologya collection of beliefs and religious practices had arisen in the context of the manufacture and ritualistic consumption of the beverage, known as the "pulque (or octli) cult" with probable origins in a mountainous region ofcentral Mexico.In Aztec societyoctlirituals formed a major component ofAztec religionand observance, and there were numerous local deities and classes ofsacerdotes( "priests" ) associated with it.

"Ometochtli" is acalendrical nameinClassical Nahuatl,with the literal meaning of "two rabbit".

See also

• Centzon Totochtin
• Macuil-Tochtli
• Mayahuel
• Tepoztecatl

References

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