Chalchuitlicu, had been a water goddess, copper-coloured and dressed in emerald green. For hundreds of years she provided light and warmth; and in that time the first men and women appeared on Earth.
Huitzilopochtli, the aztec main god, It was he who told the Aztecs where to build their city.
He was the Sun god who they fed with human sacrifice.
He was the god of war .... an important god!
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 Quetzalcoatl (from quetzalli, "precious feather," and coatl, "snake"), the Feathered Serpent, was one of the major gods of the Aztecs. Quetzalcoatl was the god of morning and the evening star.
Tlaloc was the Aztec rain god
His name means He Who Makes Things Sprout.
Tlaloc was the eighth ruler of the days and the ninth lord of the nights.
Tlaloc was pictured as a man wearing a net of clouds, a crown of heron feathers, foam sandals and carrying rattles to make thunder.
Tezcatlipoca...the god of the Great Bear constellation and of the night sky.
Tezcatlipoca's animal disguise, was the jaguar, the spotted skin of which was compared to the starry sky.
Xipe - Totec ... one of the 'farming' gods. He was quite a gentle god compared with some of the others.
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