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Tecpatl

In the Aztec culture, a tecpatl was a flint or obsidian knife with a lanceolate figure and double-edged blade, with elongated ends. Both ends could be rounded or pointed, but other designs were made with a blade attached to a handle. It can be represented with the top half red, reminiscent of the color of blood, in representations of human sacrifice and…

Cultures, Mythical origin of Tecpatl & Tecpatl as calendrical symbol

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Mythical origin of Tecpatl

IconographicAztec mythologyChicomoztocCentzonmimixcoaChalchiuhtlicue
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Tecpatl as calendrical symbol

LunarChalchiuhtotolinTezcatlipocaTōnatiuhMictlantecuhtli
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Tecpatl in Aztec mythology

Codex BorgiaCardinalMictlanAnahuacXiuhtecuhtli
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Anthropomorphizing Tecpatl

AnthropomorphizedMizquitliTemplo MayorFlayedXipe Totec
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Mythical origin of Tecpatl

Tecpatl in Aztec mythology

Tecpatl as calendrical symbol

Tecpatl in the Sunstone

Nahui Ollin and Tecpatl

Tecpatl and Mixcoatl – Tezcatlipoca

Anthropomorphizing Tecpatl

Tecpatl represented as tongue or nose

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Tecpatl

Nodes65
Edges64
Triples108
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
Components1

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Tecpatl

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related to Tecpatl and Mixcoatl – Tezcatlipoca · 24
Tecpatl → Among, Centzonmimixcoa, Comallan, Earth Lord, Five Suns, From, In, In Aztec, It, Itzpapalotl, Itzpapalotl's, Legend, Mimixcoa, Mixcoatl, Sun, Sun Stone, Tezcatlipoca, The, The Sun, The Tecpatl
related to Mythical origin of Tecpatl · 19
Tecpatl → Aztec, Centzonmimixcoa, Chicomoztoc, Earth, Flint, In, It, Iztac Chalchiuhtlicue, Jade Skirt, Mimixcoa, Nāhuatl, Seven Caves, She, Tecpatl Centzonmimixcoa, The Place, The Tecpatl, Then, These, This
related to Tecpatl in the Sunstone · 13
Tecpatl → Ce Tecpatl, Each, Here, Jaguar, Nahui Ehecatl, Nahui Ocelotl, On, Sun Stone, Tezcatlipoca, The, Tōnatiuh, Wind, Xihuitzolli
related to Tecpatl as calendrical symbol · 12
Tecpatl → Ce Tecpatl, Chalchiuhtotolin, Huitzilopochtli, In, Mictlantecuhtli, On, One Flint, Tenochtitlan, Tezcatlipoca, The, Their, Tōnatiuh
related to Nahui Ollin and Tecpatl · 11
Tecpatl → Flint Knife, Four Movement, Fray Gerónimo, In, Mendieta, Nahui Ollin, Sun, Sunstone, Teotihuacan, The Centzonmimixcoa, This
related to Tecpatl associated with the Moon · 11
Tecpatl → Codex Borgia, Five Suns, Four-Flint, In, Moon, Nahui, Sometimes, Sun, The, The Legend, This
related to Tecpatl as a tool for human sacrifice · 4
Tecpatl → Aztec, Aztecs, The, There
related to Tecpatl in Aztec mythology · 4
Tecpatl → Codex Borgia, In Aztec, Mictlan, Northern
related to Tecpatl in Mexica worldview · 4
Tecpatl → Aztec, Since, Sun Stone, The Tecpatl
related to Tecpatl represented as tongue or nose · 4
Tecpatl → In, Mictlantecuhtli, Templo Mayor, The

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flint knife aztec human sun centzonmimixcoa gods god one tongue sacrifice tezcatlipoca earth also made blade represented sacrificial white associated

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Tecpatlrelated to Anthropomorphizing TecpatlIn0.60section
Tecpatlrelated to Anthropomorphizing TecpatlOther0.60section
Tecpatlrelated to Mythical origin of TecpatlAztec0.60section
Tecpatlrelated to Mythical origin of TecpatlThis0.60section
Tecpatlrelated to Mythical origin of TecpatlThe Tecpatl0.60section
Tecpatlrelated to Mythical origin of TecpatlEarth0.60section
Tecpatlrelated to Mythical origin of TecpatlIt0.60section
Tecpatlrelated to Mythical origin of TecpatlChicomoztoc0.60section
Tecpatlrelated to Mythical origin of TecpatlThe Place0.60section
Tecpatlrelated to Mythical origin of TecpatlSeven Caves0.60section
Tecpatlrelated to Mythical origin of TecpatlThese0.60section
Tecpatlrelated to Mythical origin of TecpatlCentzonmimixcoa0.60section

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