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.

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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

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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