Tlacotzontli

Tlacotzontli is an Aztec god of roads.^[1] He was also the protector of roads to the native Mexicans.^[2]

To please the god many travelers would cut themselves among roads.^[3] Paper banners cover in blood and rubber were also made as an offering to this god.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1883). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: The native races. A. L. Bancroft. p. 389.
^ Morel, Héctor V.; Moral, José Dalí (1987). Diccionario mitológico americano: dioses, razas, leyendas (in Spanish). Editorial Kier. p. 125. ISBN 978-950-17-0327-6.
^ Barreiro, Rafael Fontán (2007-05-16). Diccionario de la mitología mundial (in Spanish). EDAF. p. 364. ISBN 978-84-414-0397-0.
^ Lujan, Leonardo Lόpez; Luján, Leonardo López (2005). The Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan. UNM Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8263-2958-5.

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[1] Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1883). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: The native races. A. L. Bancroft. p. 389.

[2] Morel, Héctor V.; Moral, José Dalí (1987). Diccionario mitológico americano: dioses, razas, leyendas (in Spanish). Editorial Kier. p. 125. ISBN 978-950-17-0327-6.

[3] Barreiro, Rafael Fontán (2007-05-16). Diccionario de la mitología mundial (in Spanish). EDAF. p. 364. ISBN 978-84-414-0397-0.

[4] Lujan, Leonardo Lόpez; Luján, Leonardo López (2005). The Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan. UNM Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8263-2958-5.

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