Cinteteo

In Aztec mythology, the Cinteteo (Nahuatl pronunciation: [sinteːˈteoʔ]) are the four gods of maize. They are sons of the goddess Centeotl and the god Cinteotl. Their names are Iztac-Cinteotl (meaning white corn), Tlatlauhca-Cinteotl (meaning red corn), Cozauhca-Cinteotl (meaning yellow corn), Yayauhca-Cinteotl (meaning black corn).^[1]

Notes

↑ Biblioteca Porrúa. Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología, ed. (1905). Diccionario de Mitología Nahua (in Spanish). México. p. 87. ISBN 978-9684327955.

Aztec religion and mythology

Primordials

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Lords of the Night	Centeotl Chalchiuhtlicue Mictlantecuhtli Piltzintecuhtli Tepeyollotl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tlazolteotl Xiuhtecuhtli

Lords of the Day	Centeotl Chalchiuhtlicue Citlalicue Mictecacihuatl Mictlantecuhtli Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli Tlaloc Tlaltecuhtli Tlazolteotl Tonatiuh Xiuhtecuhtli

Patrons of War	Mixcoatl Tlaloc Xipe Totec Xiuhtecuhtli

Patrons of Travellers	Tlazolteotl Tonatiuh Xolotl Yacatecuhtli Zacatzontli

Matron goddesses	Chimalma Coatlicue

Others	Atlacoya Centeotl Chalchiuhtlicue Chicomecoatl (Centeotl) Chimalma Cihuacoatl Cipactonal Citlalicue Coatlicue Coyolxauhqui Ehecatl Huehuecoyotl Itzpapalotl Itzpapalotlcihuatl Itzpapalotltotec Ixtlilton Macuiltochtli Mayahuel Metztli Mictecacihuatl Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Opochtli Oxomoco Patecatl Piltzintecuhtli Temazcalteci (Toci) Tepeyollotl Tezcatzoncatl Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli Tlalcihuatl Tlaltecuhtli Tlazolteotl Tlilhua Toltecatl Tonatiuh Xantico Xiuhtecuhtli Xochipilli Xochiquetzal Xolotl Zacatzontli

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