Talk:Ometeotl

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[edit] Reverted claims

I reverted a couple of recent changes, which although a source was alluded to in the edit summary I do not think that source represents a view which is accredited in more standard and accepted research. Figueroa's Ancient Footprints of the Colorado River has IMO problems as a reliable or even notable source (among other things it seems to claim identifying Aztlan as located on the Colorado River). The claimed translation of "ometeotl" does not accord with what just about every other scholarly Nahuatl source has to say, nor is there archaeological support for the identification of petroglyphs in the Colorado region as being anything to do with Ometeotl or even any association with Nahua/mexica iconography.

Which is not to say alternative views cannot be addressed here, just that they need to demonstrate they are notable alternatives, be referenced, and described in the appropriate context (ie not as if they were the mainstream or 'plain-fact' view). The present article does need a thorough revision and overhaul in any case, but I think we are only worsening the situation by uncritically adding in material from sources such as Figueroa.--cjllw | TALK 05:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Creation Deity

I have read that Ometeotl or Omecinatl is an Aztec figure, a supreme deity of creation.

To the very least the source of creation, but was not worshipped. Xuchilbara 18:10, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Ometeotl was not a god. Ometeotl represented all matter and energy in the universe. I wish wikipedia would not label all of these aspects of Mesoamerican religion as "gods". I have read from sources that support this idea that the European conquistadors and explorers misinterpreted them as gods since they were used to worshiping gods. These sources were provided by actual indigenous people, asserting their accuracy.24.126.115.119 (talk) 03:58, 11 April 2008 (UTC)