Xipe TotecIn Aztec mythology, Xipe Totec ("our lord the flayed one") was a life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture, the west, disease, spring, goldsmiths and the seasons. He flayed himself to give food to humanity, symbolic of the maize seed losing the outer layer of the seed before germination. Without his skin, he was depicted as a golden god. Annual human sacrifices were flayed to Xipe Totec and the priests wore their skins. Alternative: Xipe Category:Agricultural gods\nCategory:Aztec gods\nCategory:Life-death-rebirth gods |
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