Mythology: Tezcatlipoca, "smoking mirror" in Nahuatl, was the Azte…

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Did you know? Tezcatlipoca, "smoking mirror" in Nahuatl, was the Aztec god of night, magic and fate. Instead of a right foot he had an obsidian mirror — supposedly lost to his father-the-earth-monster during a fight. He was seen as the counterpart of Quetzalcoatl.

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Tezcatlipoca, "smoking mirror" in Nahuatl, was the Aztec god of night, magic and fate. Instead of a right foot he had an obsidian mirror — supposedly lost to his father-the-earth-monster during a fight. He was seen as the counterpart of Quetzalcoatl.

Tezcatlipoca, "rokende spiegel" in het Nahuatl, was de Azteekse god van de nacht, magie en lot. In plaats van een rechtervoet had hij een obsidiaanspiegel — die spiegel zou hij aan zijn vader-de-aardmoster verloren hebben tijdens een gevecht. Hij werd gezien als de tegenhanger van Quetzalcoatl.

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