Editing Patecatl

{{short description|Aztec god of healing, fertility, and pulque}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Aztec
| name = Patecatl
| deity_of = God of [[pulque]], lord of healing and fertility
| member_of = the [[Nauhtzonteteo]]
| image = Patecatl from Codex Borgia.jpg
| caption = Patecatl as depicted in the [[Codex Borgia]]
| abode = the volcano [[Popocatépetl]]<ref name="meza">{{cite book|author=Otilia Meza|title=El Mundo Mágico de los Dioses del Anáhuac|date=1981|publisher=Editorial Universo|isbn=968-35-0093-5|lang=spanish|page=105}}</ref>
| consort = [[Mayahuel]]<ref name="meza"/>
| gender = [[Male]]
| parents = [[Omecihuatl]] (Emerged by Tecpatl)
| siblings = the [[Nauhtzonteteo]] (1,600 gods)
| children = [[Centzon Tōtōchtin]] (400 rabbits)
| region = [[Mesoamerica]]
| ethnic_group = [[Aztec]] ([[Nahua]])
}}
In [[Aztec mythology]], '''Patecatl''' is a god of healing and fertility and the discoverer of [[peyote]] as well as the "lord of the root of [[pulque]]".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holmer|first1=Rick|title=The Aztec Book of Destiny|date=2005|publisher=BookSurge LLC|location=North Charleston, South Carolina|isbn=9781419611636|page=83|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cRuupQa8J-AC&q=Patecatl&pg=PA89|access-date=22 October 2017|language=en|quote=The provider of the Shadow Coul Tonalli for those born on Grass Malinalli is the Medicine God Patecatl who symbolizes the health and healing effects of medicinal herbs that grow from the "jaws of earth".}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Lurker|first1=Manfred|title=The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons|date=2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis e-Library|location=London|isbn=0-203-64351-8|page=150|edition=2nd|url=https://archive.org/stream/TheRoutledgeDictionaryOfGodsAnd/The%20Routledge%20Dictionary%20of%20Gods%20and_djvu.txt|access-date=22 October 2017|quote=Patecatl Aztec god of medicine and  'lord of the pulque root'. His wife is the  pulque-goddess — > Mayahuel.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Daysign Poll|url=http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/calendar/daysign-poll|website=www.mexicolore.co.uk|access-date=22 October 2017|language=en|date=5 October 2015}}</ref>  With [[Mayahuel]], he was the father of the [[Centzon Totochtin]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Patecatl, Lord of the Land of Medicines|url=https://www.azteccalendar.com/god/Patecatl.html|website=www.azteccalendar.com|access-date=22 October 2017|language=en}}</ref>

In the [[Aztec calendar]], Patecatl is the lord of the thirteen days from 1 Monkey to 13 House. The preceding thirteen days are ruled over by [[Mictlantecuhtli]] and the following thirteen by [[Itztlacoliuhqui]].

==References==
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{{Aztec mythology}}
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[[Category:Aztec pulque gods]]
[[Category:Fertility gods]]
[[Category:Health gods]]