Editing Ixtlilton

{{short description|Aztec god of medicine and healing}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Aztec
| name =Ixtlilton
|image=Ixtlilton.jpg
|caption=Ixtlilton
|gender=male
}}
'''Ixtlilton''' ({{langx|nah|Īxtlīltōn}} {{IPA|nah|iːʃˈt͡ɬiːɬtoːn|pron}},"ink at the face", from ''īxtli'', "face", "eye", ''tlīlli'', "black ink", and ''-tōn'', diminutive suffix<ref>{{Cite book |last=Andrews, J. Richard |first=Hassig, Ross |title=Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions That Today Live Among the Indians Native to This New Spain, 1629 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |year=1984 |isbn=0806120312 |location=Norman |pages=229}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mikulska |first=Katarzyna |title=Tejiendo destinos. Un acercamiento al sistema de comunicación gráfica en los códices adivinatorios |publisher=El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C., Uniwersytet Warszawski |year=2015 |isbn=978-83-60875-70-4 |location=Zinacantepec, Warszawa |pages=92}}</ref>) in [[Aztec mythology]] is a [[Deity|god]] of medicine and healing<ref>{{cite book|title=Diccionario de Mitología Nahua|editor=Biblioteca Porrúa. Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología|authorlink=Cecilio Agustín Robelo|language=Spanish|year=1905|location=México|pages=217, 218|isbn=978-9684327955}}</ref> and therefore was often alluded to as the brother of [[Macuilxochitl]]{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}, the god of well-being or good luck. Ixtlilton was a gentle god, who emanated from an [[obsidian]] mask which brought darkness and peaceful sleep to children in their beds at night.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ambergriscaye.com/pages/mayan/aztecreligion-minordeities.html|title=Aztec Religion - AZTEC GODS - Aztecs of Mexico History|website=ambergriscaye.com}}</ref>

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