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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".
[[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.
[[Priest]]s killed victims by [[arrow]]s, removed their [[heart]]s and flayed the bodies; sometimes the victims were alive when they were flayed.
[[Priest]]s killed victims by [[arrow]]s, removed their [[heart]]s and flayed the bodies; sometimes the victims were alive when they were flayed.
Aztecs adopted ''Xipe Totec'' during the reign of their Emperor [[Axayacatl]] (1469-81). [[Teotihuacán]], [[Zapotec]], [[Huaxtec]] and [[Totonac]] also had this god for hundreds of years.
Aztecs adopted ''Xipe Totec'' during the reign of their Emperor [[Axayacatl]] (1469–81). [[Teotihuacán]], [[Zapotec]], [[Huaxtec]] and [[Totonac]] also had this god for hundreds of years.
== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Polytheism]]
*[[Polytheism]]
*[[Mythology]]
*[[Mythology]]
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.pantheon.org/articles/x/xipe_totec.html Xipe Totec by Micha F. Lindemans] Encyclopedia Mythica from Encyclopedia Mythica Online.
*[http://www.pantheon.org/articles/x/xipe_totec.html Xipe Totec by Micha F. Lindemans] Encyclopedia Mythica from Encyclopedia Mythica Online.
*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9077691/Xipe-Totec Xipe-Totec] Encyclopædia Britannica on line.
*[https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9077691/Xipe-Totec Xipe-Totec] Encyclopædia Britannica on line.
==References==
==References==
[[Category:Religion]]
[[Category:Native American Mythology]]