All cultures throughout Mesoamerica place mythological and cosmological importance on the four cardinal directions. Sometimes this number is five, including the “center”.

Mictlanpachecatl is the Ehecatotontli of the north wind.

Gods associated with the South include Huitzilopochtli. The Aztecs associated the color blue with the South. Huitztlampaehecatl is the Ehecatotontli of the south wind.

Tlalocayotl is the Ehecatotontli of the east wind.

Cihuatecayotl is the Ehecatotontli of the west wind.

The Maya associated the color blue with the Center.