(84)    Sun 19 Oct 97 11:39
By: Richard Smith
To: Dan Ceppa
Re: What's God's Name?
St:
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  };> Dan Ceppa wrote in a message to Richard Smith <:(

 RS> However, Aztec Gods (while sounding fine in the actually
 RS> curse) will invariably make you cough up a hairball or
 RS> something equally obnoxious.
  DC> Ed Mills would like a list of them, I'm sure!

 Here's a list of the Deities of the area, including the
 Aztec Deities.  Have fun fitting them into your own cursing,
 but be very careful about the glottal stop (I hope I have
 the terminology right.  Someone here will correct me if I'm
 wrong, though) . . . it's considered poor form to throw your
 own tongue up . . . <G>

     Chalchihuitlicue  --  Goddess of Storms, Beauty,
                           Whirlpools, Spring Growth, and
                           Love; "Precious Green/Jewel Lady."
             Chantico  --  Goddess of Fire, Hearth, and
                           Fertility.
             Cinteotl  --  God of Maize
            Coatlicue  --  Goddess of the Earth; "Serpent
                           Lady."
         Coyolxauhqui  --  Goddess of the Moon; "Golden
                           Bells."
      Huitzilopochtli  --  Aztec tribal God & aspect of
                           Tezcatlipoca; "Blue Hummingbird On
                           The Left (South)."
        Ilamatecuhtli  --  Mother Goddess.
         Itzcoliuhqui  --  God of Darkness, Biting Cold,
                           Volcanic Eruptions, Disaster, and
                           Destruction; "Twisted Obsidian
                           One."
          Itzpapalotl  --  A female demon/Goddess; "Obsidian
                           Butterfly."
              Mayauel  --  Goddess of Pulque (a fermented
                           drink).
               Meztli  --  Moon God, another name for
                           Tecciztecatl.
     Mictlantercuhtli  --  Patron of the North, God of the
                           Underworld; "Lord of the Land of
                           the Dead."
             Mixcoatl  --  God of Hunting; "Cloud Serpent."
          Ometecuhtli  --  Supreme Deity of ancient Mexico, a
                           God of duality, containing both
                           the male and the female; created
                           everything.
         Quetzalcoatl  --  A Wind God; "Feathered Serpent."
         Tecciztecatl  --  Moon God.
         Tezcatlipoca  --  Evil God of Magicians; The Shadow;
                           He Who Is At The Shoulder; "Mirror
                           That Smokes."
           Titlacauan  --  Aspect of Tezcatlipoca.
               Tlaloc  --  Rain God.
 Tlauixcalpantecuhtli  --  Dangerous, destructive God of
                           Venus and the morning; "Lord Of
                           The House Of The Dawn."
          Tlazolteotl  --  Lady of Witches.
             Tonatiuh  --  God of the Sun.
           Ueuecoyotl  --  God of Sex and Irresponsible
                           Gaiety; "Old Old Coyote."
        Uixtochihuatl  --  Goddess of Salt.
              Xilonen  --  Goddess of Maize.
           Xipe Totec  --  The Flayed God; God of Agriculture
                           and Penitant Self-Torture.
         Xiuhtecuhtli  --  Lord of Fire; God of Domestic and
                           Spiritual Fire.
               Xolotl  --  Lord of the Evening Star (Venus?);
                           "The Animal."  Perhaps a different
                           aspect of Tlauixcalpantecuhtli?
         Yacatecuhtli  --  God of Merchants.
                Yaotl  --  Lord of the Darkness.

 Helping  \/tian
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 Richard Smith

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