tezcatlipoca

tezcatlipoca, he/they

one of the four sons of Ometeotl, brother of the more known Quetzalcoatl.
God of the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war and strife.

he is considered the patron god of warriors. owing to Aztec dualism, Tezcatlipoca was associated with both good things such a beauty and effective governance, and bad things such as death and chaos.

he is described by scholars of Aztec religion as the embodiment of violent change. He was not considered good or evil and was in general hard to figure out even for the people who worshiped him. One thing that was certain about Tezcatlipoca, however, was that there was no escaping his influence.

another name for Tezcatlipoca was Titlacauan meaning “we are his slaves.” Yet another name for Tezcatlipoca was “Lord of the Near and Far” indicating that Tezcatlipoca had power over everything and everyone that existed. Tezcatlipoca isn’t anybody’s faithful friend; he is just looking for a reason to wreck and ruin, or create and lavish. That is his nature.