ID: 901000778 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000778	Record Type: Religion/Mythology/Legend

	Tezcatlipoca (Nahua deity)

Note: ENGLISH: A major deity of the Nahua pantheon, literally "smoking mirror." He was particularly venerated in Tenochtitlan but often conflated in early colonial sources with Huitzilopochtli. SPANISH: Una deidad importante del panteón nahua, literalmente "espejo humeante". Era particularmente venerado en Tenochtitlan, pero a menudo se le confunde en las primeras fuentes coloniales con Huitzilopochtli. HUASTECAN: Ce totiotzin tlen tlahuel quitlepanitta ipan zanto nahuatl, quence tezcatl tlen popoca. Tlahuel motiochihuayaya huan quitlepanittayaya tlen Tenochtitlan, zanpampa nochipa mocuapoloyayah ica tlen achtohui amameh coloniales tlen Huitzilopochtli.

Display Date: in Mexico from 10th century CE

Names:

	Tezcatlipoca (Nahua deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Tezcatlipoca (Nahua deity) (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl-P,D,N)
	Tezcatlipoca (Nahua deity) (Classical Nahuatl-P,D,N)
	Tezcatlipoca (Nahua deity) (Spanish-P,D,N)
	Tezcatlepoca (Nahua deity) (English,U,N)
	Telpochtli (Nahua deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Yaotl (Nahua deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Yoalli Ehécatl (Nahua deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Hurakan (Nahua deity) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Nahua iconography> (P)
		............<Nahua characters> (P)
		................Tezcatlipoca (Nahua deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deities
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... Toxcatl
	.....(Nahua festivals, festivals, celebrations, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Nahua (style or culture)
	.....(Native Central Mexican styles, Native Middle American, Native American, Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Tezcatlipoca (Nahua deity)
	................D'ews Thomson, Obsidian Mirror (2009)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2016085487
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
	Tezcatlepoca (Nahua deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Telpochtli (Nahua deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Yaotl (Nahua deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Yoalli Ehécatl (Nahua deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Hurakan (Nahua deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ D'ews Thomson, Obsidian Mirror (2009)
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-) FCIA012