ATTN any sysop - this article should be moved/renamed for to Xipe Totec
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[[Image:XipeTotec.jpg|left]]'''Xipe Totec''' was the [[Aztec]] [[god]] of [[spring]], of new [[plant|vegetation]] and [[sacrifice]]; also the [[patron]] god of [[goldsmith]]s. The statues of ''Xipe Totec'' show him wearing a freshly flayed skin; This god wares the skin of human victim as a symbol of the new vegetation. The name means literally "Our Lord who is Flayed".
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[[Image:XipeTotec.jpg|left]]'''Xipe Totec''' was the [[Aztec]] [[god]] of [[spring]], of new [[plant|vegetation]] and [[sacrifice]]; also the [[patron]] god of [[goldsmith]]s. The statues of ''Xipe Totec'' show him wearing a freshly flayed skin; this god wears the skin of human victim as a symbol of the new vegetation. The name means literally "Our Lord who is Flayed".
In his honor, each year in the beginning of spring, human [[prisoner]]s were sacrificed to him.
In his honor, each year in the beginning of spring, human [[prisoner]]s were sacrificed to him.