Atemoztli

Atemoztli is the sixteenth month of the Aztec calendar. It is also a festival in the Aztec religion dedicated to Tlaloc and Tlaloque.

In the Otomi language, the festival was named Ancãndehe, meaning "descent of water", same as the Nahuatl name.

References

  1. ↑ "Atemoztli, the 16th Month of the Aztec Solar Calendar". World Digital Library. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Francesco Saverio Clavigero (1807). The History of Mexico. J. Johnson. pp. 312–. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Aztec Festivals". www.amoxtli.org. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Wauchope, Robert; Ekholm, Gordon F.; Bernal, Ignacio (2015). Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 10 And 11: Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. pp. 433–444. ISBN 9781477306758.