Macuiltochtli
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{{lang|nci|Macuiltochtli|italic=no}} ({{IPA|nah|makʷiɬtoːtʃtɬi|pron}}, 'Five Rabbit'; from Classical Nahuatl: {{lang|nci|macuilli}}, 'five' + {{lang|nci|tochtli}}, 'rabbit') is one of the five deities from Aztec and other central Mexican pre-Columbian mythological traditions who, known collectively as the {{lang|nci|Ahuiateteo}}, symbolized excess, over-indulgence and the attendant punishments and consequences thereof.Miller and Taube (1993), p.40.
{{lang|nci|Macuiltochtli|italic=no}} and the other {{lang|nci|Ahuiateteo}}—{{lang|nci|Macuilxōchitl|italic=no}} ('5 flower'), {{lang|nci|Macuilcuetzpalin|italic=no}} ('5 lizard'), {{lang|nci|Macuilcozcacuahtli|italic=no}} ('5 vulture'), and {{lang|nci|Macuilmalinalli|italic=no}} ('5 grass')— bore the names of specific days in the {{lang|nci|tōnalpōhualli}} (Aztec/central Mexican version of the Mesoamerican 260-day calendar), where the day coefficient ({{lang|es|trecena}}) of five had overtones associated with excess and loss of control. Postclassic central Mexican traditions identified rabbits with the beverage {{lang|es|pulque}} and insobriety, and by extension {{lang|nci|Macuiltochtli|italic=no}} had a particular association with inebriation and excessive consumption.Miller and Taube (1993), p.142.
{{lang|nci|Macuiltochtli|italic=no}} was also part of the {{lang|nci|Centzon Tōtōchtin}}, the four hundred rabbits which were all gods of drunkenness.
See also
- Aztec mythology
- {{lang|nci|Mayahuel|italic=no}}, foremost of the {{lang|es|Pulque}} Gods
- {{lang|nci|Ometochtli|italic=no}}, Two Rabbit, master of the {{lang|nci|Centzon Tōtōchtin}}
- {{lang|nci|Tepoztēcatl|italic=no}}, a {{lang|es|Pulque}} god associated with Tepoztlán
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- {{cite book |last=Aguilar-Moreno |first=Manuel |year=2007 |title=Handbook to Life in the Aztec World |location=Oxford and New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-533083-0 |oclc=81150666}}
- {{cite book |last=Boone |first=Elizabeth Hill |author-link=Elizabeth Hill Boone |year=2007 |title=Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate |series=Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture|location=Austin |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-71263-8 |oclc=71632174}}
- {{cite book |last=Miller |first=Mary |author-link=Mary Miller (art historian) |author2=Karl Taube |author2-link=Karl Taube |year=1993 |title=The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya: An Illustrated Dictionary of Mesoamerican Religion |publisher=Thames & Hudson |location=London |isbn=0-500-05068-6 |oclc=27667317 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/godssymbolsofa00mill }}
- {{cite book |last=Sahagún |first=Bernardino de |author-link=Bernardino de Sahagún |year=1997 |orig-year=ca.1558–61 |title=Primeros Memoriales |others=Thelma D. Sullivan (English trans. and paleography of Nahuatl text), with H.B. Nicholson, Arthur J.O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, Eloise Quiñones Keber, and Wayne Ruwet (completion, revisions, and ed.) |series=Civilization of the American Indians series vol. 200, part 2 |location=Norman |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-2909-9 |oclc=35848992}}
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