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Tlaloc The Storm God; Recognized almost universally; Google eyes Huitzilopochtli "Hummingbird on the left" Associated with war and the sun; Patron deity of the Mexica Quetzalcoatl "Plumed Serpent" Major culture hero; Brought maize, pulique, and writing; Patron deity of Priests Tezeatlipoca Most important God; "Smoking Mirror" The God of Fate; Patron deity of the diviners Xipe totec "The flayed God" God of fertility, springtime and regeneration Chalchiuhticue Tlaloc consort; Goddess of lakes, ponds, and streams Tlazoteotl "The Filter Eater" Goddess of vices and sins of all kinds; the cause of sin; Goddess of Purification; public confession of sin Ometeotl The highest God; all the other Gods are aspects of him; No temples or rituals; Too remote to be knowable Huehueteotl "Old Old God" Deity associated with Fire; Depicted as old man with fangs Ehectal The Wind God of Quetzalcoatl; Wears duck bill mask Coatlicue "Serpent Skirt" Goddess at Serpent Mountain; Temple dedicated to Earth Gods and Gods of underworld; Children try and kill her, mother of Huitzilopochtli Coyolxauhqui "Golden Bells" Daughter of Coatlicue; Trys to kill her because she gets pregnant, gets dismembered by Huitzilopochtli Centzon Huitznahua "400 Southerners" Sons of Coatlicue; Become the Milky Way Tzitzimime Regarded as demons of the night sky who could attack the sun and destroy the Earth; Encouraged women in the pain of childbirth Cihuacoatl "Woman Snake" Major Earth Goddess; Patron deity of childbirth and midwives Copil A dissatisfied Mexica, the son of a woman ostracized for sorcery, who sought to turn opinion in Azcapotzalco against the Mexica Curicaueri The most ancient Deity; Gave birth to the Sun; God of Fire