ID: 901002101 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002101	Record Type: Character/Person

	Ehecatl (Mesoamerican deity)

Note: PreColumbian Mesoamerican deity associated with the wind. He is seen in Aztec and other mythologies from central Mexico. Scholars usually interpret him as an aspect of the Feathered Serpent deity, Quetzalcoatl.

Names:

	Ehecatl (Mesoamerican deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Quetzalcoatl Ehecatl (Mesoamerican deity) (English)
	Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl (Mesoamerican deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<General Amerindian iconography> (P)
		............<General Amerindian characters> (P)
		................Ehecatl (Mesoamerican deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	aspect of .... Quetzalcoatl
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Nahua iconography, Nahua characters, Quetzalcoatl (Nahua deity)) [901001974]

Other Relationships:

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

	symbolic attribute is .... wind (weather phenomena)
	.....(weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Ehecatl (Mesoamerican deity)
	................Pillsbury et al, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts (2017) 304, as Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl
	Quetzalcoatl Ehecatl (Mesoamerican deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehecatl
	Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl (Mesoamerican deity)
	................Pillsbury et al, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts (2017) 305

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehecatl#/media/File:Quetzalcoatl_Ehecatl.jpg