Tezcatlipoca as an Aztec "trickster figure"


	Tezcatlipoca as an Aztec "trickster figure"

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4-17-2007 3:52 PM

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enbar says:

An interesting, unusual perspective on Tezcatlipoca, the Aztec deity variously called "Lord of the Here and Now," "He Whose Slaves We Are," "Enemy on Both Sides," "Obsidian Blade," and "The Mirror's Smoke."

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        changing forms. A (2) the night axe. B (5) the towering man. C (6) the dwarf female. D (7)
        the corpse in funeral wrapping</SMALL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.trinity.edu/org/tricksters/trixway/current/Vol%201/Vol%201_1/Tstocker.html"><P align="justify">Tezcatlipoca’s manifestations:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.trinity.edu/org/tricksters/trixway/current/Vol%201/Vol%201_1/Tstocker.html"><TABLE width="79%" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%"><STRONG>MANIFESTATION </STRONG></TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%"><STRONG>MEANING</STRONG></TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="67%" colspan="3"><HR />
            </TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Tezcatlipoca</TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%">Smoking Mirror</TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Titlacauan </TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%">We His Slaves</TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Telpochtli </TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%"><P align="justify">Male Youth</P></TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Yaotl</TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%">Enemy</TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Moyocoyani</TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%">Maker of Himself</TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Omacatl</TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%">Two Reed</TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Itztli </TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%">Obsidian Blade</TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Ixquimilli</TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%">Eye-Bundle/Curved</TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Itzlacoliuhqui</TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%">Obsidian Blade</TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Tepeyollotl</TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%">Hill Heart</TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Tecciztecatl</TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%">Conch Shell-Lord</TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Metztli</TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%">Moon</TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%">Chalchiuhtotolin</TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%">Jade [Precious] Turkey </TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="39%"></TD><TD width="28%"></TD><TD width="12%"></TD><TD width="27%"></TD><TD width="13%"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.trinity.edu/org/tricksters/trixway/current/Vol%201/Vol%201_1/Tstocker.html">This Tezcatlipoca, the ancients said, was a true god; his abode was
          everywhere—in the land of the dead, on earth, in heaven. When he walked upon the
          earth he quickened war; he quickened vice, filth; he brought anguish, affliction to men;
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