Editing Tlāhuizcalpantecuhtli (section)

==Origin Story==
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli plays a significant role in the creation of [[Tōnatiuh|Tonatiuh]], the Fifth Sun in the [[Five Suns|Aztec creation narrative]].

[[Toribio de Benavente Motolinia|Motolinía]]'s ''Memoriales'', and the [[Codex Chimalpopoca]] relate that the [[Toltec]] ruler [[Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl]] became the morning star when he died.<ref>Motolinía (1903): p. 57</ref> Quetzalcoatl throws himself into a [[Human sacrifice in Aztec culture|bonfire]] after adorning his regalia. Once he started burning, his ashes were lifted and various beautiful birds were sacrificed until Quetzalcoatl's spirit leaves his heart as a star and becomes a part of the sky.<ref name=":1" />

The ''Annals of Cuauhtitlan'' gives his year of death as 1 Reed, one [[Aztec calendar|52-year calendar cycle]] from his birth.<ref name="qk175">Quiñones Keber (1995): p. 175.</ref><ref name=":0">Bierhorst (1992): p. 36.</ref>

In the second section of the [[Codex Chimalpopoca]] (called ''Legend of the Suns)'', Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli becomes angry when Tonatiuh, the sun god, does not move across the sky after being created. He shoots Tonatiuh with ''[[spear-thrower|atlatl]]'' darts, but misses and is hit by Tonatiuh's darts, being transformed into the god of obsidian and coldness, [[Itztlacoliuhqui]]. The rest of the gods present: [[Tezcatlipoca]], [[Huītzilōpōchtli|Huitzilopochtli]], Nochpalliicue, Yapallicue and [[Xōchiquetzal|Xochiquetzal]] sacrifice themselves in [[Teotihuacan]] to make the Sun move across the sky, starting the contemporary era.<ref>Bierhorst (1992): pp. 148–149.</ref>

Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is also viewed as one of the four gods who kept the sky up and was associated with the cardinal direction [[East]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli/|title=Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli|encyclopedia=[[World History Encyclopedia]]|access-date=2018-10-08}}</ref>

[[Image:Borgia 53 bottom left.jpg|thumb|left|Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli wounding a woman on page 53 of the [[Codex Borgia]]. (Click to enlarge)]]