Editing Tezcatlipoca (section)

== Etymology ==
Tezcatlipoca is often translated from the [[Nahuatl]] as "smoking mirror."{{Efn|For a discussion of the many interpretations of the meaning of the name Tezcatlipoca see Olivier (2003) pp. 14-15.}} It alludes to his connection to [[Obsidian use in Mesoamerica|obsidian]], the material from which [[Mirrors in Mesoamerican culture|mirrors]] were made in [[Mesoamerica]]. They were used for [[shamanism|shamanic]] rituals and prophecy, and as such Tezcatlipoca is additionally associated with divination.<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-04-16 |title=See and Be Seen: ('Smoking') Mirrors |url=http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/artefacts/smoking-mirrors |access-date=2015-06-23 |publisher=Mexicolore.co.uk}}</ref>

Tezcatlipoca had many [[epithet]]s which alluded to different aspects of his deity and also point to his centrality in Aztec worship. [[Bernardino de Sahagún]], in Book VI of the ''[[Florentine Codex]]'', refers to Tezcatlipoca with 360 different forms. These include:

* ''[[Tloquenahuaque|Tloque Nahuaque]]'', meaning "lord of the near and nigh"; "the one who owns what surrounds [us]"
* ''Titlacahuan'', ''Titlacahua'' or ''Titlacaua'', meaning " [of whom] we are [his] servants"; "[he] whose [servants] we are"
* ''Tehimatini'', meaning "the wise"; "the one who understands people"
* ''Tlazopilli'', meaning "the precious nobleman"; "the precious son"
* ''Teyocoyani'', meaning "the creator [of people]"
* ''Yáotl'' or ''Yaotzin'', meaning "the enemy"; "the venerable enemy"
* ''Icnoacatzintli'', meaning "the merciful"
* ''Ipalnemoani'', meaning "[he] by whom [we] all live"
* ''Ilhuicahua'', meaning "possessor of heaven"
* ''Tlalticpaque'', meaning "possessor of the earth"
* ''Monenequi'', meaning "the arbitrary"; "the one who pretends"
* ''Pilhoacatzintli'', meaning "revered father"; "possessor of children"
* ''Tlacatlé'' ''Totecué'', meaning "our master, our lord"
* ''Yoalli'' ''Ehécatl'', ''Yohualli'' ''Ehécatl'' or ''Youalli Ehécatl'', meaning "night wind"(metaphor for "invisible" or "impalpable")
* ''Monantzin'', meaning "your mother"
* ''Motatzin'', meaning "your father"
* ''Telpochtli'', meaning "[the] young man"
* ''Moyocoyani'' or ''Moyocoani'', meaning "the one who creates himself." His calendrical name is ''Ome Ácatl, "''Two Reed", and under that name he consecrates himself as another deity.{{CN|date=May 2023}}