The archaeologists also have detected a sculpture that could be of the Aztec rain god Tlaloc, or of the god of the sky and earth Tezcatlipoca. In addition, the dig has turned up five skulls and a ...

The Aztec civilization was deeply spiritual ... Huitzilopochtli, and Tezcatlipoca. Rituals, including human sacrifices, played a crucial role in maintaining cosmic order and ensuring the sun's ...

Of the four brothers, Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl were principally responsible for the creation of the world, or worlds, of which the Aztec believed there were four previous. Each world was ...