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god of music, dance, mischief, and song. He is the patron of uninhibited sexuality and rules over the day sign in the Aztec calendar named
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Huehuecóyotl (or
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The fourth day of the twenty-day calendar cycle belonged to
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in his exercise of good and evil and was perceived as a
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637:Tepēyōllōtl
522:Primordials
353:Bodo Spranz
202:cuetzpallin
95:Mesoamerica
65:Other names
27:Aztec deity
1542:Dance gods
1497:Aztec gods
1486:Categories
1386:Codex Ríos
1276:Codex Laud
1072:Tamoanchan
1066:Underworld
1047:Cemanahuac
1016:Tzitzimitl
996:Cihuateteo
971:Ahuiateteo
925:Xōchipilli
755:Cipactonal
745:Cihuacōātl
671:Citlālicue
584:Xipe Totec
450:GodChecker
339:References
315:temazcalli
195:auspicious
121:Omecihuatl
76:Tlalticpac
68:Ueuecoyotl
18:Ueuecoyotl
1492:Arts gods
1115:Five Suns
1001:Civateteo
915:Tonantzin
910:Toltecatl
815:Ixtlilton
760:Cōātlīcue
402:"Article"
379:cite book
332:culture.
248:dualistic
238:trickster
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171:) (from
112:Genealogy
1108:practice
1087:Tlālōcān
991:Cintēteo
870:Patecatl
855:Opochtli
850:Mixcoatl
835:Mayahuel
740:Chīmalmā
730:Chantico
720:Atlacoya
696:Tōnatiuh
622:Cinteotl
612:Centeōtl
588:Camaxtle
529:Ōmeteōtl
256:feathers
252:balanced
233:powers.
148:Children
128:Siblings
1134:Codices
1062:Mictlān
1037:Anahuac
920:Xilonen
900:Tlilhua
860:Oxomoco
840:Metztli
770:Ehecatl
715:Atlahua
599:Deities
430:20 July
291:Nahuatl
212:History
206:trecena
191:Nahuatl
173:huēhueh
140:Consort
117:Parents
107:(Nahoa)
1097:Tōllān
1042:Aztlán
1030:Places
964:Groups
945:Xolotl
940:Xocotl
865:Painal
649:Tláloc
367:
299:divine
287:Aztecs
283:coyote
241:Coyote
227:Mexica
182:coyōtl
91:Region
81:Gender
1064:(The
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105:Aztec
73:Abode
905:Toci
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432:2020
385:link
365:ISBN
151:None
143:None
131:the
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