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Xochipilli with Centeotl

Added 2020-08-10 11:20:30 +0000 UTC

" Xōchipilli - is the god of art, games, dance, flowers, and song in Aztec mythology. His name contains the Nahuatl words xōchitl ("flower") and pilli (either "prince" or "child") and hence means "flower prince". As the patron of writing and painting, he was called Chicomexōchitl the "Seven-flower", but he could also be referred to as Macuilxōchitl "Five-flower".

Xōchipilli has also been interpreted as the patron of both homosexuals and male prostitutes, a role possibly resulting from his being absorbed from the Toltec civilization. He, among other gods, is depicted wearing a talisman known as an oyohualli, which was a teardrop-shaped pendant crafted out of mother-of-pearl." (source: Wikipedia)

'Flower Prince,' god of summer, flowers, pleasure, love, dancing, painting, feasting, creativity, and souls. Closely associated with the corn (maize) god Centeotl, he was sometimes referred to as the ‘Corn-flower Prince’ or Centeotl-Xochipilli, the 7th Lord of the Day. He could also appear as Ahuiateotl, the god of voluptuousness, as something of a youthful and carefree pleasure-seeker, perhaps with a playfully mischievous streak. He has a sister (or female counterpart), Xochiquetzal. The god was associated with butterflies and poetry and the 11th of the 20 Aztec days: Ozomatli (Monkey). (article by by Mark Cartwright)

So, basically it's just same person but in different manifestations. I could literally see them as a couple, but since I haven't found any myth about Xochipilli's relationships, anyway I would love to draw this colorful mythological creature.