ID: 901002058 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002058	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Ometeotl creation myth (Aztec narrative)

Note: Mesoamerican creation myth, in which the two aspects of the creator god, one male, Ometecuhtli, and one female, Omecihuatl, were self-created and parented the solar deities known as the “Four Tezcatlipocas”: blue Huitzilopochtli, white Quetzalcoatl, black Tezcatlipoca, and red Xipe-Totec.

Names:

	Ometeotl creation myth (Aztec narrative) (preferred,u,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Aztec iconography> (P)
		............<Aztec narratives> (P)
		................Ometeotl creation myth (Aztec narrative) (I)

Related Iconography:

	protagonist is .... Ometecuhtli
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Mesoamerican iconography, Mesoamerican characters, Ometecuhtli (Mesoamerican creator god)) [901002056]

	protagonist is .... Omecihuatl
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Mesoamerican iconography, Mesoamerican characters, Omecihuatl (Mesoamerican creator goddess)) [901002057]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... creation (doctrinal concept)
	.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	nationality is .... Aztec (culture or style)
	.....(Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles, Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles and periods, Mesoamerican regional styles and periods, Mesoamerican, Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	nationality is .... Mesoamerican
	.....(Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Mesoamerica
	.....(North and Central America) (TGN)

Sources:

	Ometeotl creation myth (Aztec narrative)
	................Leeming, Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2005) Oxford Reference online reference

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Leeming, Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2005) Oxford Reference online reference