Ahuiateteo

Macuiltonaleque, Códice Borgia.

Ahuiateteo or Macuiltonaleque were a group of five Aztec gods of excess and pleasure. They also represented the dangers that come along with these. These five gods were also invoked by diviners and mystics.^[1] They were associated with the Tzitzimimeh, a group of frightening beings that personified death, drought, and war.^[2]

The five gods are:^[1]

• Macuilcozcacuauhtli (Five vulture), the god of gluttony
• Macuilcuetzpalin (Five lizard)
• Macuilmalinalli (Five grass)
• Macuiltochtli (Five rabbit), the god of drunkenness
• Macuilxochitl (Five flower), the god of gambling and music, and an aspect of Xochipili

Notes

1. Miller and Taube 1993, 2003, p. 40.
2. Pohl 1998, pp. 194-195.

References

Miller, Mary; Karl Taube (2003) [1993]. An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27928-4. OCLC 28801551

Pohl, John M. D. (Spring, 1998). Themes of Drunkenness, Violence, and Factionalism in Tlaxcalan Altar Paintings. RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics No. 33, Pre-Columbian States of Being , pp. 184-207. The President and Fellows of Harvard College acting through the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology JSTOR 20167008 (subscription required)