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By...13 Kiawitl in 3 Toxtli, Tlalpilli: Tekpatl — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.36.1.142 (talk) 13:24, 2004 February 7 (UTC)

Could you elaborate on that? I know little of Aztec mythology, and I'm not sure how to resolve what you say with the description of these "not-gods". How do beings that are "just" concepts

Quetzalcoatl? --Xanzzibar

00:43, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

It's going to be very difficult (and potentially confusing) to extricate all these anthropomorpic images of energies from the conceptual framework of Gods and Goddesses for a general audience. Surely we could still use the vernacular if some clues as to its insufficiency are also conveyed. The most helpful contribution would probably be to add a thoughtful and clearly-written explication in the Aztec mythology article to communicate current scholarship on the sociological/anthorpological/theological nature of these anthropomorphic images for which we have no suitable nouns. I am certainly not the one to write it. I'm told that the Codex Chimalpopoca is a good starting place. Dystopos 03:53, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

This is supposed to be an encyclopedia, thus mainstream information regarding the aztec religion (such as that taught in mexican universities) is good enough. This isn't an article about the "Mexica" movement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.198.241.90 (talk) 11:48, 2008 November 3 (UTC)

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The fifth age of creation "began in the ancient city of Teotihuacan" needs a citation. I'd also like to know more about why Tecucuztecatl could only jump into the fire after being humiliated because he couldn't jump into the fire. Also, just make sure your lists of the deities are exhaustive and you haven't missed any. Maybe try to link water, fire, death, sky, and earth deities, and matron goddesses, to other Wikipages, if they exist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jessica.raskauskas (talk • contribs) 16:20, 2020 April 14 (UTC)