=====Night Lords=====

{{ ::borgia_14.jpg?400|}}The **Night Lords** or Lords of the Night are a group of 9 Gods that each rule over each night consecutively. Each ruling God is associated with good, bad, or neutral portents for that night. In [[Aztecs|Aztec]] cosmology, they also contribute one of the three [[soul|souls]] given to a person at birth, the [[ihiyotl]].

The existence of a 9 nights cycle in [[Mesoamerica|Mesoamerican]] [[calendars|calendrics]] was first discovered in 1904 by [[Eduard Seler]]. The Aztec names of the Deities are known because their names are found in the [[Codex Telleriano-Remensis]] and [[Codex Tudela]].

For the [[Mexica]], the Night Lords are (in order)[( Elizabeth Hill Boone. 2007. Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate. University of Texas Press pp. 44-45)]:
  -  1. [[Xiuhtecuhtli]]
  -  2. [[Tezcatlipoca]]
  -  3. [[Piltzintecuhtli]]
  -  4. [[Centeotl]]
  -  5. [[Mictlantecuhtli]]
  -  6. [[Chalchiuhtlicue]]
  -  7. [[Tlazolteotl]]
  -  8. [[Tepeyollotl]]
  -  9. [[Tlaloc]]

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