Tezcatlipoca
[tes-kaht-li-poh-kah]
- an Aztec god.
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Origin of Tezcatlipoca
< Nahuatl Tēzcatlepōca, perhaps equivalent to tēzca(tl) mirror + tle(tl) fire + (po)pōca smokes (3rd singular v.)
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Other signs and wonders were wrought by Tezcatlipoca in his rle of sorcerer.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3Hubert Howe Bancroft
So Tezcatlipoca entered, and he said to the sick god-king, How art thou?
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3Hubert Howe Bancroft
She is said to have been the wife of Tlaloc, carried off by Tezcatlipoca.
Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2)Andrew Lang
The new-comers seem to have belonged to the partisans of Tezcatlipoca.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5Hubert Howe Bancroft
This was Tezcatlipoca, whose name signifies 'Shining Mirror.'
The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and PeruLewis Spence