Religion:Ixtlilton

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Short description: Aztec god of medicine and healing

Ixtlilton (Social:Nahuatl languages: Īxtlīltōn pronounced [iːʃˈt͡ɬiːɬtoːn],"ink at the face", from īxtli, "face", "eye", tlīlli, "black ink", and -tōn, diminutive suffix[1][2]) in Aztec mythology is a god of medicine and healing[3] and therefore was often alluded to as the brother of Macuilxochitl , the god of well-being or good luck. Ixtlilton was a gentle god, who emanated from an obsidian mask which brought darkness and peaceful sleep to children in their beds at night.[4]

References

  1. Andrews, J. Richard, Hassig, Ross (1984). Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions That Today Live Among the Indians Native to This New Spain, 1629. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 229. ISBN 0806120312. 
  2. Mikulska, Katarzyna (2015). Tejiendo destinos. Un acercamiento al sistema de comunicación gráfica en los códices adivinatorios. Zinacantepec, Warszawa: El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C., Uniwersytet Warszawski. pp. 92. ISBN 978-83-60875-70-4. 
  3. Biblioteca Porrúa. Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología, ed (1905) (in Spanish). Diccionario de Mitología Nahua. México. pp. 217, 218. ISBN 978-9684327955. 
  4. "Aztec Religion - AZTEC GODS - Aztecs of Mexico History". http://ambergriscaye.com/pages/mayan/aztecreligion-minordeities.html.