Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

Onuris 233OmacatlMinor god of feasting and revelry. Aztec (classicalMesoamerican) [Mexico]. One of the groupclassed as the TEZCATLIPOCA complex. Also(2)Acatl.Ome TochtliFertility god. Aztec (classical Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. Slaughtered and then revived by TEZ-CATLIPOCA. Head of the group classed as the Ometochtlicomplex of fertility deities who personifiedthe maguey plant and the intoxicating drinkbrewed from it, pulque or octli. Also (2) Tochtli.O’mealTribal spirit. Na’kwaxdax Indian [British Columbia,Canada]. The chief of the ancients who livesin “Narrow Entrance at Open Plain” and whosesiblings are the “myth people.”OMETECUHTLI (two lord)ORIGIN Toltec-Aztec (classical Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. Supreme deity.KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa AD 750 toSpanish conquest circa AD 1500 but probablymuch earlier.SYNONYMS Olin-Tonatiuh.CENTER(S) OF CULT None.ART REFERENCES codex illustrations; stonecarvings.LITERARY SOURCES pre-Columbian codices.The supreme being of Aztec religion, the godrepresents dual aspects of all living things and ofthe fecundity of the natural world. One of thegroup classed as the OMETEOTL complex. Probablyof Toltec origin, “he” is perceived as androgynous.He has no sanctuaries, but is personified inthe moment of birth, or in the conception of life.He is depicted in human form and is often accompaniedby the further depiction of a coupleengaged in sexual intercourse.The household hearth is sacred to Ometecuhtliand he is closely linked with the fire god XIUHTE-CUHTLI. For alternative creation mythology seeTEZCATLIPOCA.Ometeotl (two god)Primordial being. Aztec (classical Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. According to some traditions, the dualprinciple personified in a bisexual force which theAztecs believed to be the only reality, all elsebeing illusory. Ometeotl rules in the highest (thirteenth)heaven, Omeyocan (place of duality)which rests above sun, moon, wind and otherelements. Ometeotl impregnated itself to engenderthe four TEZCATLIPOCAS (aspects of the sun).Another female aspect, COATLICUE, gave birth tothe national Aztec god HUITZILOPOCHTLI. Noformal cult existed for Ometeotl, but he was consideredto be present in every aspect of ritual.See also TONACATECUHTLI and TONACACIHUATL.OmichlePrimordial principle. Phoenician (Hellenic). Theelement of darkness in chaos which fuses, or consorts,with POTHOS to engender the spiritual andphysical elements of the cosmos.OnuavaFertility goddess. Celtic (Gallic). Associated withthe earth and known only from inscriptions.Onuris [Greek]God of hunting and war. Egyptian. Onuris is firstknown from This, near Abydos in Upper Egypt.