Ometeotl (Two Lord) is the name of the dual god Ometecuhtli/Omecihuatl in Aztec mythology. Miguel Leon-Portilla interprets this as "Lord of the Duality".
In the Nahua/Aztec tradition, Ometeotl is a dual god, male and female, who was the creator of Cemanahuatl. Ometeotl's male aspect is Ometecuhtli, his/her female aspect is Omecihuatl. S/he dwelled in and ruled over the heaven of Omeyocan ("Two Place"), home of the gods.
It was also the god of heaven and souls
There were no temples dedicated to this god, but references to Ometeotl appear in a number of post-conquest Aztec codices and poetry.
Ometecuhtli (also Ometecuhtli, Citlatonac), the male aspect, was a deity associated with fire, a creator deity and one of the highest gods in the pantheon, though he had no cult and was not actively worshipped.
References
- León-Portilla, Miguel (1963). Aztec Thought and Culture: A Study of the Ancient Náhuatl Mind. Civilization of the American Indian series, no. 67. Jack Emory Davis (trans.) (translation and adaptation of: La filosofía náhuatl, 1st [1990] pbk reprint ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2295-1. OCLC 23373512.
- Miller, Mary; and Karl Taube (1993). The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya: An Illustrated Dictionary of Mesoamerican Religion. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05068-6. OCLC 27667317.
- Van Tuerenhout, Dirk R. (2005). The Aztecs: New Perspectives. ABC-CLIO's Understanding Ancient Civilizations series. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1-57607-921-X. OCLC 57641467.
- Wimmer, Alexis (2006). "Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique" (online version, incorporating reproductions from Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl ou mexicaine [1885], by Rémi Siméon). http://sites.estvideo.net/malinal/nahuatl.page.html. Retrieved 2009-07-14. (French) (Nahuatl)
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