Like the Mayan Itzam Na, he was thought to have four manifestations, each associated with a color and cardinal direction; thus, Xipe Totec was sometimes considered this god's red form.
This god presided over a world of acorn-eating giants who were ultimately eaten by ferocious jaguars. Like the Mayan Itzam Na, he was thought to have four manifestations, each associated with a color and cardinal direction; thus, Xipe Totec was sometimes considered this god's red form. In another manifestation, he tempted the Earth-Monster Cipactli or Tlaltecuhtli to the surface of the waters at the cost of his enormous foot. His missing foot was replaced by his namesake instrument of divination, which reflected the night sky. FTP, name this Aztec god known as "Smoking Mirror" whose opposite was Tezcatlanextia.
This god presided over a world of acorn-eating giants who were ultimately eaten by ferocious jaguars.
Tezcatlipoca