Editing Yacatecuhtli

{{Refimprove|date=September 2014}}
[[File:Yacatecuhtli.jpg|thumb|A drawing of Yacatecuhtli in the [[Codex Borgia]]]]

In [[Aztec mythology]], '''Yacatecuhtli''' ({{IPA|nah|jakaˈtekʷt͡ɬi|}}) was a [[patron god]] of commerce and travelers,<ref name="Aguilar-Moreno2007">{{cite book|author=Manuel Aguilar-Moreno|title=Handbook to Life in the Aztec World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZseasJq3WzEC&pg=PA146|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-533083-0|pages=146–}}</ref> especially business travelers. His symbol is a bundle of sticks. Merchants would carry a cane as they moved from village to village peddling their wares, and at night-time would tie them together into a neat bundle before sprinkling them with blood from their ears. It was believed that this ritual in Yacatecuhtli's honor would guarantee success in future business ventures, not to mention protection from vicious beasts and robbers on their journeys.

His name means "lord of the nose" (Nahuatl ''yacatl'', nose and ''tecuhtli'', lord), or more figuratively “lord of the vanguard,” as a vanguard goes ahead of the main body similar to how a nose is always in front of one’s body.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.godslaidbare.com/pantheons/aztec/yacatecutli.php |title=YACATECUHTLI |access-date=13 May 2014 |publisher=www.godslaidbare.com |archive-date=22 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422202841/http://www.godslaidbare.com/pantheons/aztec/yacatecutli.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<br />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Aztec mythology}}
[[Category:Aztec gods]]
[[Category:Commerce gods]]
[[Category:Abundance gods]]