THE FIRE-GODS
XIUHTECUTLI = “LORD OF THE YEAR”
- Area of Worship: Mexico. Toltec.
- Minor Names: Tzoncaztli = “The Yellow-haired.” In Xiuhtetzaqualco maquitoc = “He who enters the Blue Stone Pyramid.” Yei itzcuintli = “Three Dog.” Cuezaltzin = “The Flame.” Chicunaui tecutli = “Nine Lord.” Ueueteotl = “The Old God.” Tlatic paque = “Lord of the Earth’s Surface.” Tota = “Our Father.” Tloque Nahuaque = “Lord of the Close Vicinity.” Tlalxictentica = “Dweller in the Navel of the Earth.” Ixcoçauhque = “The Yellow-faced.”
- Calendar Place: Ruler of the ninth day-count, atl (water). Ruler of the ninth tonalamatl division, ce coatl. Ruler of the twentieth tonalamatl division, ce tochtli. First of the nine lords of the night. First of the thirteen lords of the day.
- Festivals: Xocohuetzi, in the tenth month. Izcalli, in the eighteenth month. The day ce itzcuintli (“one dog”) (movable feast).
- Compass Direction: Lord of the Middle and of the four quarters.