Editing Ōmeteōtl (section)

==Definition==
[[File:Tonacatecuhtli standing.jpg|thumb|Tonacateuchtli as depicted in the [[Codex Borgia]]<ref name="tonaca"/>]]
[[File:Tonacacihuatl TellerianoRemensis.jpg|thumb|Tonacacihuatl as depicted in the [[Codex Telleriano-Remensis]]<ref name="tonaca"/>]]
Multiple Nahuatl sources, notably the ''[[Florentine Codex]]'', name the highest level of heaven {{lang|nci|[[Ōmeyōcān]]|italic=no}} or "place of duality" ({{lang|es|Sahagún|italic=no}} specifically terms it "in {{lang|nci|ōmeyōcān}} in {{lang|nci|chiucnāuhnepaniuhcān}}" or "the place of duality, above the nine-tiered heavens)."{{sfn|Sahagún book 6}} In the {{lang|frm|[[Histoyre du Mechique]]|italic=yes}}, Franciscan priest {{lang|fr|André Thevet|italic=no}} translated a Nahuatl source reporting that in this layer of heaven there existed "a god named {{lang|nci|Ometecuhtli}}, which means two-gods, and one of them was a goddess."{{sfn|Garibay}}  The ''[[History of the Mexicans as Told by Their Paintings]]'' ({{lang|es|Historia de los mexicanos por sus pinturas|italic=yes}}) names the inhabitants of the uppermost heaven {{lang|nci|Tōnacātēcuhtli|italic=no}} and {{lang|nci|Tonacacihuatl|italic=no}} (Lord and Lady of Abundance).{{sfn|Garibay}} {{lang|es|Sahagún|italic=no}} concurs that these are epithets of "in {{lang|nci|ōmetēuctli}} in {{lang|nci|ōmecihuātl}}", giving as another name of {{lang|nci|ōmeyōcān}} "in {{lang|nci|tōnacātēuctli īchān}}" ("the mansion of the Lord of Abundance").{{sfn|Sahagún book 6}}

There is some evidence that these two gods were considered aspects of a single being, as when a singer in the {{lang|es|[[Cantares Mexicanos]]|italic=yes}} asks where he can go given that "{{lang|nci|ōme ihcac yehhuān}} {{lang|es|Dios}}" ("they, God, stand double").{{sfn|Bierhorst}} The {{lang|es|Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas|italic=yes}} reports of the two that "{{lang|es|se criaron y estuvieron siempre en el treceno cielo, de cuyo principio no se supo jamás, sino de su estada y creación, que fue en el treceno cielo}}" (''they were raised and had always been in the thirteenth heaven; nothing was ever known of their beginning, just their dwelling and creation, which were in the thirteenth heaven'').{{sfn|Garibay}}

As a result of these references, many scholars (most notably {{lang|es|[[Miguel León-Portilla]]|italic=no}}) interpret the rare name {{lang|nci|ōmeteōtl}} as "Dual God" or "Lord of the Duality". {{lang|es|León-Portilla|italic=no}} further argues that {{lang|nci|Ōmeteōtl|italic=no}} was the supreme [[creator deity]] of the Aztecs, and that the Aztecs envisioned this deity as a mystical entity with a dual nature.