Tezcatlipoca

[ tes-kaht-li-poh-kah ]

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noun

< Nahuatl Tēzcatlepōca, perhaps equivalent to tēzca ( tl ) mirror + tle ( tl ) fire + ( po ) pōca smokes (3rd-person singular present verb)

Huemac, Tezcatlipoca, or Nacaxoc succeeded immediately to the royal power in Tollan.

As Tezcatlipoca and under various other titles he ever after ranked among the highest in the pantheon of Nahua divinities.

We find a like conception in the Aztec wind-god Tezcatlipoca, who was looked upon as the primary source of existence.

This was Tezcatlipoca, whose name signifies 'Shining Mirror.'

The Aztec devotee picked up a pinch of clay in the temple of Tezcatlipoca and ate it with the greatest reverence.

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