Zacatzontli

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Zacatzontli, Borgia Codex, he has an eagle as sun's symbol guide Zacatzontli.svg
Zacatzontli, Borgia Codex, he has an eagle as sun's symbol guide

Zacatzontli, in Aztec mythology, is the god of the road during the day.

Zacatzontli has an eagle as a guide, a staff in his left hand, and a bag full of quetzals in his right hand. He can be a protector of merchants, thus equating him with the Mayan god Ek Chuáj. Unusually, Zacatzontli does not have a headdress, only a feather.

His name could mean "Lord of the Road" or "His Road, The Lord", although the former seems more likely. [1]

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  1. Biblioteca Porrúa. Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología, ed. (1905). Diccionario de Mitología Nahua (in Spanish). México. p. 161. ISBN   978-9684327955.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)