Major gods and myths of Aztec and Mayan mythology matched with their domain or role and one signature story or symbol each, one figure or myth per card.
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- Huitzilopochtli
- God of war and the sun; led the Aztecs to Tenochtitlan
- Tezcatlipoca
- God of night and sorcery; associated with jaguars and obsidian mirrors
- Quetzalcoatl
- God of wind, knowledge and civilization; depicted as a plumed serpent
- Tlaloc
- God of rain and water; grants paradise called Tlalocan to the drowned
- Chalchiuhtlicue
- Goddess of fresh water, rivers and streams
- Xiuhtecuhtli
- God of fire and the center of the world
- Xipe Totec
- God of spring and renewal; associated with ritual flaying and rebirth
- Coatlicue
- Mother of all the Aztec gods; depicted wearing a skirt of snakes
- Mictlantecuhtli
- God of death and ruler of the Aztec underworld
- Tlaltecuhtli
- Primordial earth monster whose body was divided to create the world
- Tonatiuh
- Sun god; requires daily human sacrifice to complete his journey across the sky
- Metztli
- Goddess of the moon in Aztec mythology
- Cinteotl
- God of maize and corn in Aztec tradition
- Ometeotl
- Supreme creator god and source of all life in Aztec cosmology
- Itzpapalotl
- Goddess of the hunt; represented as an obsidian butterfly
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