Also known as XIPE
He’s the son of OMETECUHTLI. The one who wears the flayed skins. Only for fertility reasons you understand. Each spring, victims were flayed alive in his honor.
He also looks after goldsmiths. And we have it on good authority that he is responsible for a number of plagues, scabs and boils. Do goldsmiths ever get boils?
Name : XIPE-TOTEC
Pronunciation : Coming soon
Alternative names : XIPE
Location : Aztec Mexico
Gender : Male
Type : deity
In charge of : Agriculture and Farming
God of : Agriculture, Farming
Celebration or Feast Day : Unknown at present
Article last updated on 09 January 2014 by Rowan Allen.
Editors: Peter J Allen, Chas Saunders
References: Coming soon.