Macuiltochtli

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Macuiltochtli ("Five Rabbit"; from Nahuatl, macuilli, five, tochtli, rabbit) is one of the five deities from Aztec and other central Mexican pre-Columbian mythological traditions who, known collectively as the Ahuiateteo, symbolized excess, over-indulgence and the attendant punishments and consequences thereof.^[1]

Macuiltochtli and the other Ahuiateteo —Macuilxochitl ("5 flower"), Macuilcuetzpalin ("5 lizard"), Macuilcozcacuahtli ("5 vulture"), and Macuilmalinalli ("5 grass")— bore the names of specific days in the tonalpohualli (Aztec/central Mexican version of the Mesoamerican 260-day calendar), where the day coefficient (trecena) of five had overtones associated with excess and loss of control. Postclassic central Mexican traditions identified rabbits with the beverage pulque and insobriety, and by extension Macuiltochtli had a particular association with inebriation and excessive consumption.^[2]

Macuiltochtli was also part of the of Centzon Totochtin, the four hundred rabbit which were all gods of drunkenness.

[edit] See also

• Ometotchtli, Two Rabbit, master of the Centzon Totochtin
• Mayáhuel, foremost of the Pulque Gods
• Tepoztécatl, a Pulque god assocated with Tepoztlán
• Pulque
• Aztec mythology

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[edit] Reference

• Miller, Mary, and Karl Taube (1993). The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 050-005-068-6.

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