Ehecatl

{{short description|Aztec wind deity}} {{About||the Mexican unmanned aircraft|Hydra Technologies Ehécatl}} [[File:Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl 02.jpg|thumb|Statue of Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, in the [[Brooklyn Museum]] (New York City)]] '''Ehecatl''' ({{langx|nci|Ehēcatl}} {{IPA|nci|eˈʔeːkatɬ|}}, {{audio|Ejekatl.ogg|modern Nahuatl pronunciation}}) is a [[pre-Columbian]] deity associated with the [[wind]], who features in [[Aztec mythology]] and the mythologies of other cultures from the central Mexico region of [[Mesoamerica]]. He is most usually interpreted as the aspect of the [[Feathered Serpent (deity)|Feathered Serpent]] deity ([[Quetzalcoatl]] in [[Aztec]] and other [[Nahua people|Nahua]] cultures) as a god of wind, and is therefore also known as '''Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl'''.<ref>Miller and Taube (1993, p. 84)</ref> Ehecatl also figures prominently as one of the creator gods and culture heroes in the mythical [[Mesoamerican creation accounts|creation accounts]] documented for pre-Columbian central Mexican cultures.<ref>Miller and Taube (1993, pp. 70,84)</ref>

Since the wind blows in all directions, Ehecatl was associated with all the [[cardinal direction]]s. His temple was built as a cylinder in order to reduce the air resistance, and was sometimes portrayed with two protruding masks through which the wind blew.

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== References == {{refbegin|indent=yes}}<!----> * {{cite book |author=Carrasco, David |year=1982 |title=Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire: Myths and Prophecies in the Aztec Tradition |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |isbn=0-226-09487-1 |oclc=0226094871}} * {{cite book |author=Milbrath, Susan |year=1999 |title=Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars |series=The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies |location=Austin |publisher=[[University of Texas Press]] |isbn=0-292-75225-3 |oclc=40848420}} * {{cite book |author=Miller, Mary |author-link=Mary Miller (art historian) |author2=Karl Taube |year=1993 |title=The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya: An Illustrated Dictionary of Mesoamerican Religion |publisher=[[Thames & Hudson]] |location=London |isbn=0-500-05068-6 |oclc=27667317 |author2-link=Karl Taube |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/godssymbolsofa00mill }} * {{cite book |author=Séjourné, Laurette |author-link=Laurette Séjourné |year=1981 |title=El pensamiento náhuatl cifrado por los calendarios |series=Colección América nuestra. América indígena, no. 35 |others=Josefina Oliva de Coll (trans.), Françoise Bagot (illus.), Julio Pliego (photog.)|location=Mexico D.F |publisher=[[Siglo XXI Editores]] |isbn=968-23-1057-1 |oclc=8563957|language=es}} * {{cite book |author=Smith, Michael E. |author-link=Michael E. Smith (archaeologist)|year=2003 |title=The Aztecs |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Blackwell Publishers]] |location=Oxford and Malden, MA |isbn=0-631-23015-7|oclc=48579073}} * {{cite web |author=Wimmer, Alexis |year=2006 |url=http://sites.estvideo.net/malinal/nahuatl.page.html |title=Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique |format=online version, incorporating reproductions from ''Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl ou mexicaine'' [1885], by [[Rémi Siméon]]}} {{in lang|fr|nah}} {{refend}}<!-- END biblio format style -->

==Contemporary representations== * [[File:El Vigilante (escultura) 07 (cropped).jpg]][[El Vigilante (sculpture)]]

==External links==

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{{Aztec mythology}}

[[Category:Aztec gods]] [[Category:Sky and weather gods]] [[Category:Wind gods]] [[Category:Quetzalcoatl]]