Key Info

- Nine deities who ruled over every ninth night forming a calendrical cycle

Brief Bio

In Mesoamerican mythology the Lords of the Night (Classical Nahuatl: Yohualtecuhtin) are a set of nine deities who each ruled over every ninth night forming a calendrical cycle. Each lord was associated with a particular fortune, bad or good, that was an omen for the night that they ruled over.

The lords of the night are known in both the Aztec and Maya calendar although the specific names of the Maya Night Lords are unknown. The glyphs corresponding to the night gods are known and Mayanists identify them with labels G1 to G9, the G series. Generally, these glyphs are frequently used with a fixed glyph coined F. The only Mayan light lord that has been identified is the God G9, Pauahtun the Aged Quadripartite God.

The Aztec Lords are:

Xiuhtecuhtli - Turquoise Lord/Lord of Fire

Tezcatlipoca - Smoking Mirror

Piltzintecuhtli - Noble Lord

Centeotl - Maize God

Mictlantecuhtli - Underworld Lord

Chalchiuhtlicue - Jade Is Her Skirt

Tlazolteotl - Filth Goddess

Tepeyollotl - Heart of the Mountains

Tlaloc - Rain