The Flayed One, Xipe Totec was the Aztec god of vegetation, renewal and warfare. He was often depicted wearing the flayed skin of a sacrificial victim, symbolizing of shedding one's skin during ...

Aztec writings say Xipe Totec removed his own skin in order to provide food for humanity, the way a maize kernel loses its protective outer layer before sprouting. And twenty days later, the god ...

The bright scent of copal fills the air as Xipe Totec’s sahumadora, a type of incense burner, as a sacred ritual is conducted to prepare the dancers of Xipe Totec The colorful Aztec dance of ...

but they will also be led in chants to Aztec gods to whom human beings were once sacrificed. The children will chant to Xipe Totec (Xipe Totek), who, according to Wikipedia’s lengthy and ...

Youtube In Aztec mythology, Tezkatlipoka is the brother of Quetzalcoatl, Huizilopochtli and Xipe Totec — all of whom appear to be invoked in the proposed chant. A portion read, “pulsating ...

but this is the first known structure dedicated to the worship of Xipe Tótec, an Aztec god associated with agriculture and war. Priests associated with Xipe Tótec are thought to have worn the ...

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (NIAH) has discovered the first temple dedicated to Xipe Totec, an Aztec deity whose ... sacrificed to the god in order to assure a ...

A number of clay and stone sculptures demonstrated what the skin was used for — one of the most important ceremonies of the Aztec year, dedicated to the god Xipe Totec, “Our Flayed Lord.” ...

In Aztec mythology, Tezkatlipoka is the brother of Quetzalcoatl, Huizilopochtli and Xipe Totec -- all of whom appear to be invoked in the proposed chant. A portion read, "pulsating creation ...

The institute said on Wednesday that experts found two skull-like stone carvings and a stone trunk depicting the god Xipe Totec ... Independent events “If the Aztec sources could be relied ...