Ometeotl

Myths-Data for Aztec Religion.

1. Ometeotl, God of Duality in Aztec Religion

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Updated March 06, 2017
NAME AND ETYMOLOGY
 Ometeotl, "Two God," "Lord Two"

3.  Citlatonac
 Ometecuhtli (male form)
 Omecihuatl (female form)

RELIGION AND CULTURE OF OMETEOTL
Aztec, Mesoamerica

SYMBOLS, ICONOGRAPHY , AND ART OF OMETEOTL
Ometeotl was thought of as being simultaneously male and female, with
the names Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl. Neither were much represented
in Aztec art, though, perhaps in part because they could be conceived
more as abstract concepts than anthropomorphic beings.
They represented the creative energy or essence from which the power
of all other gods flowed. They existed above and beyond all the cares of
the world, with no interest in what actually happens.

OMETEOTL IS GOD OF...
 Duality
 Souls
 Heaven (Omeyocan, "Place of Duality")

4. EQUIVALENTS IN OTHER CULTURES
Hunab Ku, Itzamna in Mayan mythology

STORY AND ORIGIN OF OMETEOTL
As simultaneous opposites, male and female, Ometeotl represented for
Aztecs the idea that the entire universe was composed of polar
opposites: light and dark, night and day, order and chaos, etc. In fact,
the Aztecs believed that Ometeotl was the very first god, a self-created
being whose very essence and nature became the basis for the nature
of the entire universe itself.

TEMPLES, WORSHIP AND RITUALS OF OMETEOTL
There were no temples dedicated to Ometeotl or any active cults that
worshipped Ometeotl through regular rituals. It appears, however, that
Ometeotl was addressed in regular prayers of individuals.
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