Often mistranslated as creator gods, Tonacatecuhtli and Tonacihuatl (also known as Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl) are the Teteo of our sustenance. Here you can see in images from the Vaticanus A […]

Here are three census records from the 16th century.  The census records list pre-cuauhtemoc names from three regions: San Luis Potosi, Cuernevaca, and Morelos. 1544 Morelos Census From: Cline, Sarah L., ed. The […]

Izcalli is the seventeeth month of the year.  This month was devoted to both Xiutecuhtli and children.  The word Izcalli translates to “the growing” and during the month, parents lifted their […]

“Like the Christian god, Ometeotl is found, as members of its cult insist, everywhere; everywhere that is, except in primary sources” – Richard Haly Ometeotl is perhaps the most widely […]

“One Flint Knife set in. On this One Flint Knife, when it tarried for a day, they then made offerings to Uitzilopochtli, whose day sign it was, and to Camaxtli, […]

Tlaxochimaco takes place from August 8, 2014 to August 27, 2014.  It is during this month that the people traveled throughout the country and up the mountains to gather flowers.  […]

The metztli Huey Tecuilhuitl officially began yesterday on the tonalli Makuilli Cozcacuauhtli and will continue for the next 19 days. In Pre-Cuauhtemoc times, this was the official metztli in which […]