Ixtlilton
Ixtlilton(Nahuatl languages:Īxtlīltōnpronounced[iːʃˈt͡ɬiːɬtoːn],"ink at the face", fromīxtli,"face", "eye",tlīlli,"black ink", and-tōn,diminutive suffix[1][2]) inAztec mythologyis agodof medicine and healing[3]and therefore was often alluded to as the brother ofMacuilxochitl[citation needed],the god of well-being or good luck. Ixtlilton was a gentle god, who emanated from anobsidianmask which brought darkness and peaceful sleep to children in their beds at night.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Andrews, J. Richard, Hassig, Ross (1984).Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions That Today Live Among the Indians Native to This New Spain, 1629.Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 229.ISBN0806120312.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^Mikulska, Katarzyna (2015).Tejiendo destinos. Un acercamiento al sistema de comunicación gráfica en los códices adivinatorios.Zinacantepec, Warszawa: El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C., Uniwersytet Warszawski. p. 92.ISBN978-83-60875-70-4.
- ^Biblioteca Porrúa. Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología, ed. (1905).Diccionario de Mitología Nahua(in Spanish). México. pp. 217, 218.ISBN978-9684327955.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^"Aztec Religion - AZTEC GODS - Aztecs of Mexico History".ambergriscaye.
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