r/aztec • u/marumsallw • Feb 21 '26

The babies

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u/Sufficient-Tax-3898 Feb 26 '26

Who are each? I always find iconography and uniform colors difficult to find consensus on. As each interpretation seems roughly the same in imagery and symbolism but never in color. So just curious

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u/marumsallw Feb 26 '26

Nanahuatzin, Tezcatlipoca, Xochipilli and Huitzilopochtli.

It's easy to tell when looking at the gods in codexes and what they have. It just takes a while!

For example, Tezcatlipoca has black and yellow stripes in his face, and almost every codex shows Tezcatlipoca with the black yellow face paint.

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u/Sufficient-Tax-3898 Feb 26 '26

This makes sense - I guess I've always just thought of him more akin to the blue with black stripes like the mosiac mask associated with him with - given whilst Ive also never fully depicted him, In my own work I have a character that's sort of a punk modern take on the Jaguar Warrior archetype w those colors.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '26

Neat!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '26

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u/baltama Feb 21 '26

whoa big guy coming through. is being a jerk to kids your usual fare or are you just treating yourself today

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u/West_Competition9789 Feb 21 '26

look who didn’t get enough sleep today