Ixtlilton (Nahuatl languages: Īxtlīltōn pronounced [iːʃˈt͡ɬiːɬtoːn],"ink at the face", from īxtli, "face", "eye", tlīlli, "black ink", and -tōn, diminutive suffix[1][2]) in Aztec mythology is a god of medicine and healing[3] and therefore was often alluded to as the brother of Macuilxochitl[citation needed], the god of well-being or good luck. Ixtlilton was a gentle god, who emanated from an obsidian mask which brought darkness and peaceful sleep to children in their beds at night.[4]

References

  1. ^ Andrews, J. Richard, Hassig, Ross (1984). Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions That Today Live Among the Indians Native to This New Spain, 1629. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 229. ISBN 0806120312.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Mikulska, Katarzyna (2015). Tejiendo destinos. Un acercamiento al sistema de comunicación gráfica en los códices adivinatorios. Zinacantepec, Warszawa: El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C., Uniwersytet Warszawski. p. 92. ISBN 978-83-60875-70-4.
  3. ^ Biblioteca Porrúa. Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología, ed. (1905). Diccionario de Mitología Nahua (in Spanish). México. pp. 217, 218. ISBN 978-9684327955.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Aztec Religion - AZTEC GODS - Aztecs of Mexico History". ambergriscaye.com.
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