Centzon Huitznahua

E161969

Centzon Huitznahua are a group of four hundred southern star deities in Aztec mythology who are known as the hostile brothers and adversaries of the god Huitzilopochtli.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aztec deity ⓘ
group of deities ⓘ
star deity ⓘ
associatedDirection south ⓘ
associatedMountain Coatepec ⓘ
associatedWith night sky ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
attemptedAction murder of Coatlicue ⓘ
celestialAssociation southern stars ⓘ
collectiveStatus brotherhood ⓘ
cosmicFunction embodiment of southern stars ⓘ
cosmologicalRole southern stellar host ⓘ
culture Aztec ⓘ
linked to: Aztec culture
defeatedIn battle at Coatepec ⓘ
describedAs adversaries of Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
hostile brothers ⓘ
etymologyComponent centzon (four hundred) ⓘ
huitznahua (southerners / from the thorns) ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
killedBy Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
languageOfName Classical Nahuatl ⓘ
meaningOfName Four Hundred Southerners ⓘ
mentionedIn Codex Florentine ⓘ
Codex Ramírez ⓘ
mythologicalEvent attack on Coatlicue ⓘ
notableMyth birth of Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
numberOfMembers 400 ⓘ
opponentOf Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
opposedConcept solar order of Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
parent Coatlicue ⓘ
Mixcoatl ⓘ
partOf Aztec pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Aztec mythology
regionOfCult Central Mexico ⓘ
relatedGroup Centzon Mimixcoa ⓘ
religion Aztec mythology ⓘ
represents countless warriors ⓘ
siblingOf Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
symbolicNumber 400 ⓘ
symbolizes hostile cosmic forces ⓘ
innumerability ⓘ
timePeriodOfWorship Postclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ
worldviewContext Mexica cosmology ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Huitzilopochtli → sibling → Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ
Huitzilopochtli → sibling → Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ
subject linked to: Left-Handed Hummingbird
Coatlicue → motherOf → the Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ
linked to: Centzon Huitznahua
Coatlicue → motherOf → the Centzon Mimixcoa ⓘ
linked to: Centzon Huitznahua
Coyolxauhqui → sibling → Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ
Coatepec → isAssociatedWith → Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ
Four Hundred Southerners → hasNameInNahuatl → Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ
Four Hundred Southerners → translationOf → Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ
murder of Coatlicue → mainDeity → Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ
murder of Coatlicue → featuresGroup → Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ
murder of Coatlicue → associatedGroup → Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ
Cerro de Coatepec → associatedWithDeity → Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ
Hill of Serpents → associatedGroup → Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ