Tlacotzontli is an Aztec god of roads. [1] He was also the protector of roads to the native Mexicans. [2]
To please the god many travelers would cut themselves among roads. [3] Paper banners cover in blood and rubber were also made as an offering to this god. [4]
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1883). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: The native races. A. L. Bancroft. p. 389.
- ^ Morel, Héctor V.; Moral, José Dalí (1987). Diccionario mitológico americano: dioses, razas, leyendas (in Spanish). Editorial Kier. p. 125. ISBN 978-950-17-0327-6.
- ^ Barreiro, Rafael Fontán (2007-05-16). Diccionario de la mitología mundial (in Spanish). EDAF. p. 364. ISBN 978-84-414-0397-0.
- ^ Lujan, Leonardo Lόpez; Luján, Leonardo López (2005). The Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan. UNM Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8263-2958-5.
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Tlacotzontli is an Aztec god of roads. [1] He was also the protector of roads to the native Mexicans. [2]
To please the god many travelers would cut themselves among roads. [3] Paper banners cover in blood and rubber were also made as an offering to this god. [4]
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1883). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: The native races. A. L. Bancroft. p. 389.
- ^ Morel, Héctor V.; Moral, José Dalí (1987). Diccionario mitológico americano: dioses, razas, leyendas (in Spanish). Editorial Kier. p. 125. ISBN 978-950-17-0327-6.
- ^ Barreiro, Rafael Fontán (2007-05-16). Diccionario de la mitología mundial (in Spanish). EDAF. p. 364. ISBN 978-84-414-0397-0.
- ^ Lujan, Leonardo Lόpez; Luján, Leonardo López (2005). The Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan. UNM Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8263-2958-5.
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