Editing Tezcatlipoca (section)

=== Codex Fejéváry-Mayer ===
[[File:Codex Féjervary-Mayer Lamina 01.svg|thumb|Frontispiece in question (Codex Fejéváry-Mayer)]]
The frontispiece of the [[Codex Fejérváry-Mayer|Codex Fejéváry-Mayer]], one of the more well-known images from Aztec codices, features a god circumscribed in the 20 ''[[trecena]],'' or day symbols, of the ''[[Tōnalpōhualli]]''. The exact identity of this god is unclear, but is most likely either Tezcatlipoca or [[Xiuhtecuhtli|Xiuhtecutli]]. The figure has yellow and black face paint, as is characteristic of Tezcatlipoca. But as Olivier points out, "gods like Xiuhtecutli or Huitzilopoctli have similar facial painting."<ref name=":2" /> The figure is also shown with two unaltered feet, but does possess the white sandals, armbands, and adorned ears and head of Tezcatlipoca. He also carries arrows and a spear, the typical weapons of the war god. Finally, perhaps coincidentally, the figure is bounded on the left side by the symbols for ''acatl'' (reed) and ''tecpatl'' (flint knife), both of which are associated with Tezcatlipoca. 

Depicting either Tezcatlipoca and Xiuhtecutli surrounded by calendrical symbols is equally logical in both cases, as Tezcatlipoca is represented in other codices in association with the calendar, and Xiuhtecutli was a god of the sun and passage of time. The page also features the ''ollin'' symbol, a ''trecena'' that additionally represented eras of time, including the [[Five Suns|five suns]]. These mythological eras were begun by Tezcatlipoca, but Aztec festivals which celebrated the completion of eras involved worship of Xiuhtecutli.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bingham |first=Ann |title=South and Meso-American mythology A to Z |date=2010 |publisher=Chelsea House |others=Jeremy Roberts |isbn=978-1-4381-2958-7 |edition=2nd |location=New York |oclc=610219470}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Roy |first=Christian |title=Traditional festivals: a multicultural encyclopedia |date=2005 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=1-85109-689-2 |location=Santa Barbara, Calif. |oclc=61363608}}</ref> The codex features additional, more standardized depictions of both deities in its later pages.