ID: 901002056 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002056	Record Type: Character/Person

	Ometecuhtli (Mesoamerican creator god)

Note: The male counterpart to Omecihuatl, creator god(s). Controversial, but some scholars believe he is the same as Tonacatecuhtl; some believe he is one with his consort Omecihuatl, having dual male/female natures.

Names:

	Ometecuhtli (Mesoamerican creator god) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Mesoamerican iconography> (P)
		............<Mesoamerican characters> (P)
		................Ometecuhtli (Mesoamerican creator god) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Ometeotl
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Mesoamerican iconography, Mesoamerican characters, Ometeotl (Mesoamerican creator entity)) [901002059]

	consort/spouse of .... Omecihuatl
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Mesoamerican iconography, Mesoamerican characters, Omecihuatl (Mesoamerican creator goddess)) [901002057]

	is identified as .... Tonacatecuhtli
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Aztec iconography, Aztec characters, Tonacatecuhtli (Aztec creator deity)) [901002054]

	is protagonist for .... Ometeotl creation myth
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Aztec iconography, Aztec narratives, Ometeotl creation myth (Aztec narrative)) [901002058]

Other Relationships:

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

	nationality is .... Mesoamerican
	.....(Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), The Americas, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Ometecuhtli (Mesoamerican creator god)
	................Grant and Hazel, Who's Who in Classical Mythology (1993)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Leeming, Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2005)