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Tēteoh ītōkah - The teomeh’s names

Tēteoh

Tēteoh is a plural form of teōtl, roughly meaning ‘divinity; saint; god.’


Tēteoh es una forma plural de teōtl, que significa aproximadamente ‘divinidad; santo; dios.’

Ītōkah — Their Names — Sus Nombres

(12/23/2025 Further updates soon!)

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Āchāneh        Water Dweller

Achkawtli        Older Brother

Ākalwah        Boat Owner

Ākapechtli       Reed Mat

Ākapōl        Big (Wretched) Reed

Ākōlmistli        Riverbend Puma (dynastic name)

Ākōlnāwakatl       One from Near the Riverbend

Ākōlwah        Riverbend Owner

Āmēyalli        Spring; Fountain

Āmihmītl        Water Arrow

Ānāwatl        Shell Disc Pendant

Ānāwatl īTēkw      Shell Disc Pendant’s Lord

Āpān Tēkwtli       Lord On the Water

Āpīsteōtl        Hunger Saint; Hunger God

Āposōnaltsīn       Revered Water Foam

Āposōnallōtl       Water Foam

Āskaxōch        Ant Flower (daughter of Wēweh Wītsilihwitl Chīchīmēka, first Aztec tlahtōāni)

Astamāmāl       Heron Burden

Astaxōch        Heron Flower

Ātātahsīn        Revered Water Father

Ātlān toNān       Our Mother On the Water

Ahtlawah Ōpōchtli     Left Hand Ahtlatl Owner

Ātōnal         Water Day Sign

Ātsīn Tēkwtli       Revered Water Lord

Āwah         Water Owner

Āwilteōtl        Pleasure Saint; Pleasure God

Āyaw Teōtl       Fog Saint; Fog God

Chālchiwitl īKwe      Her Skirt Is Jade; Jade Skirt

Chālchiwsiwātsin     Revered Jade Woman; Little Jade Woman

Chālchiwtekolōtl      Jade Owl

Chālchiwtōtōlin      Jade Turkey

Chālmēkasiwātl      Lady from Chālmān; Chālmēka Lady Chāntiko     

Chāntiko        She Has Come to Have a Home

Chīchīmēkasiwātl     Lady from Chīchīmān; Chīchīmēka Lady

Chikāwalisteōtl      Strength Saint; Strength God

Chikōme Kōātl      7 Snake; see Mākwīlxōchitl

Chikōnkōātl       7 Snake; see Chikōme Kōātl

Chikōme Xōchitl      7 Flower

Chikōnkiyawitl      7 Rain

Chikwnāwi Itskwīntli     9 Dog

Chikwnāwi Osomahtli    9 Monkey

Chiknāwyōtēkwtli     Ninefold Saint; Ninefold God; see Miktlān Tēkwtli

Chīmalmān       Like a Shield; Shield-like

Chīmalpopōka      He Smokes Through His Shield; He’s Shield-maxxing

Ehekakonēw       Wind Child

Ehehkatl        Wind

Ēkatokatl        Wind Spider

Epkōātl        Oyster Snake; Shell Snake; see Tlālok

Epyōllohtsīn       Oyster Heart; Pearl

Eskōātsīn        Revered Blood Snake

Ēwakwēitl        Hide Skirt

Ilamatēkwtli       Old Woman Lord

Ilankwēyeh       Old Woman-Skirt Owner

Ilwikamīna       He Shoots at the Sky

Ilwikateōtl        Sky Saint; Sky God

Ilwikawah Tlāltikpakeh    Sky Owner Earth Owner; Owner of Everywhere

In Yowalli in Ehehkatl    The Night the Wind; The Invisible

Īpalnemowāni      The One by Whom We Live

Īskitēkatl        Person from Īskitlān

Istāk Siwāmixtli      White Woman-Cloud

Istāk Kimilli       White Bundle

Istāk Kwāwtli       White Eagle

Istākpal toTēkw      White Our Lord; Our Lord White

Istāk Siwāpiltōn      Little White Lady

Istāk Tsitsimītl      White Tsitsimītl

Istāk Xīlōtsīn       Little White Tender Maize; Revered White Tender Maize

īTlachiayatsīn      His Revered Viewing Device

Ītskakeh        Obsidian (Blade) Shoe Owner

Ītskalli         Obsidian (Blade) House

Ītskōātl        Obsidian Blade Snake

Ītskwāwtli        Obsidian Blade Eagle; Golden Eagle

Ītskwēyeh        Obisidian (Blade) Skirt Owner

Ītspāpālōtl       Obsidian (Blade) Butterfly

Itstapal toTēkw      Flagstone Our Lord; Our Lord Flagstone

Ītstēkwyowa       Obsidian Blade Lord Night Saint; Obsidian Blade Lord Night God

Ītstlakōliwki Īxkimilli     Everything Bent by Obsidian Eye-Bundle

Īxkōxāwki        He Paints His Face Yellow; see Xiwtēkwtli

Īxnextli        Grey Face

Īxtepetla        Rough Eyes; (He Is) Blind

Īxtlatlāwki        Red Face

Īxtlīltōn        Little Black Face

Īxtlīlxōchitl       Black Faced Flower; Vanilla Flower

Īxxoxoktik        Blue-Green Face; Turquoise Face 

Kaltēkwtli        House Lord

Kaxxōch        Bowl Flower; see Tlahsolteōtl

Ketsalkēn        Quetzal-like; Precious

Ketsalkōātl       Quetzal Feather Snake; Precious Snake

Ketsalkwawitl      Quetzal Feather Tree; Precious Tree

Ketsalpetlatl       Quetzal Feather Reed Mat; Precious  Reed Mat

Ketsaltēkwtli       Quetzal Feather Lord; Precious Lord

Ketsalxīlōtl       Quetzal Feather Tender Maize; Precious Tender Maize

Ketsalxōch       Quetzal Feather Flower; Precious Flower

Kilastli         Plant Generator Staff; see Kōāsiwātl

Kiyawtēkwyowa      Rain Lord Night Saint; Rain Lord Night God

Kōākwēyeh       She Has a Snake Skirt

Kōāsiwātl        Snake Woman

Kōātl īKwe       Snake Her Skirt; Her Skirt Is Snakes

Kōstsitsimītl       Yellow Tsitsimītl

Koyolxāwki      Koyōtl iNā wal      His Nāwal Is a Coyote

Koyōtsīn        Revered Coyote

Kwāwsiwātl       Eagle Woman; see Ītspāpālōtl

Kwāwtemōk       He Descends like an Eagle; Eagle-Descender

Kwawitl Ihkak       Standing Tree

Kwāxōlōtl        Split Head; see Chāntiko

Kwesaltsīn       Revered Macaw Feathers; Revered Flame; see Xiwtēkwtli

Mahtlakkōātsīn      Revered 10 Snake

Mahtlaktli Ōlīn      10 Movement; 10 Quake

Mahtlaktli Omēyi Ākatl    13 Reed

Mahtlaktli Omēyi Itskwīntli   13 Dog

Mahtlaktli Omēyi Kwāwtli   13 Eagle

Mahtlaktli Omēyi Osomahtli  13 Monkey

Mahtlakxōchitl      10 Flower

Mākīskōātl       Bracelet Snake 

Mākwīlkalli       5 House

Mākwīlkōskakwāwtli     5 Vulture

Mākwīlkwetspalin     5 Lizard

Mākwīlmalīnalli      5 Grass

Mākwīlmikistli      5 Death

Mākwīloktli       5 Pulque

Mākwīlōlīn       5 Movement; 5 Quake

Mākwīltōchtli       5 Rabbit

Mākwīltotēkw      Our Quintuple Lord

Mākwīlxōchitl       5 Flower

Malīnalxōchitl      Grass Flower

Malīntsīn        Revered Grass; Little Grass

Māpilli         Hand Prince; Finger

Masātēkwtli       Deer Lord

Masāteōtl        Deer Saint; Deer God

Masātsīn        Revered Deer

Mātlālātl        Blue Water

Mātlālkwēitl       Blue Skirt

Mātlālkwēyeh      She Has a Blue Skirt; Blue Skirt

Mayawel        Maguey Teōtl; see Meyāwal

Mekonētsīn       Little Agave Child; Revered Agave Child

Mētstli         Moon

Meyāwal        Surrounds Agave; Agave

Miktēkasiwātl      Lady from Miktlān; Miktēka Lady

Miktlān Siwātl      Lady of Miktlān

Miktlān Tēkwtli      Lord of Miktlān

Mīmich        Little Fish (a mixkōātl, the Evening Star. Paired with Xiwnel)

Mixkōātl        Cloud Snake; see Tlatlāwki

Miyāwatl        Maize Tassel

Miyāwaxōchitl      Maize Tassel Flower

Motēkwsōma       He Frowns like a Lord

Moyōkoyani       He Creates Himself; see Tēskatl Ihpōka

Nānāwatsīn       Revered Pustule Covered One; see Xōlōtl, Nāwi Ōlīn, Tōnatiw

Nāwaltēkwtli       Nāwal Lord

Nāwi Ātl        4 Water; see Chālchiwitl īKwe

Nāwi Ehehkatl      4 Wind; see Ehehkatl

Nāwi Kiyawitl       4 Rain;  see Tlālok

Nāwi Ōsēlōtl       4 Jaguar; see Tēskatl Ihpōka

Nāwi Ōlīn        4 Movement; 4 Quake; see Tōnatiw

Nāwpa Tēkwtli      Fourfold Lord

Nāwyōtēkwtli       Fourfold Lord

Nāwyōtsīn       Revered Fourness

Nāwyōwēweh      Fourness Elder

Nekok Yāōtl       Enemy of Both Sides

Nexxoh Xōchitl      Ashy Flower

Nōchpalli īKwe      Her Skirt Is Crimson

Ōme Tōchtli       2 Rabbit

Omiteōtl        Bone Saint; Bone God

Osomahtēkwtli      Monkey Lord

Ōstōteōtl        Cave Saint; Cave God

Otontēkwtli       Otomi Lord; see Tlatlāwki

Oxomoko        First Woman

Pahtēkatl        Man from Pahtlān; see Ōme Tōchtli

Pāīnaltōn        Little Fast Runner

Piltsīn Tēkwtli       Little Prince Lord

Piltsīn Tēkwyowa      Little Prince Lord Night Saint; Little Prince Lord Night God

Popōkatsīn       Little Smoking One

Posōnsiwātl       Foam Woman

Sē Ākatl toPiltsīn      1 Reed Our Revered Prince

Sintēkwyowa       Maize Night Saint; Maize Night God

Sipaktli        Caiman

Sipaktōnal       Caiman Day Sign

Sītlalatōnak       Starlight

Sītlalin īKwe       Her Skirt Is a Star; Star Skirt

Sītlal īKwe        Her Skirt Is a Star; Star Skirt

Sītlalxonekwilli      Twisted Starry Green Staff; see Xonekwilli

Techalōtl        Squirrel

Tekoltēkwtli       Charcoal Saint; Charcoal God

Tēksistēkatl       Man from Tēksistlān; Snail Shell Man; The Moon

Tēlpōchtli        Young Man; see Tēskatl Ihpōka

Temāskaltēsih      Steam Bath Mother

Tēnān Tsitsimītl      Tsitsimītl Mother

Teōkwitlayoh Tēkwtli    Golden Lord

Teōnexkimilli       Divine Ash Bundle

Teōpiltsīntli       Little Saint Prince; Little God Prince

Tepētsīntli        Little Mountain

Tepēxōch        Mountain Flower

Tepēyōllōtl       Mountain Heart

Tepēyōllohtli       Mountain Heart; see Tepēyōllōtl

Tepēyōllōyowa      Mountain Heart Night Saint; Mountain Heart Night God; see Tepēyōllōtl

Tepostēkatl       Man from Tepostlān; Axe Person

Tēskakōāk Āyōpechtli    Mirror-Snake Tortoise-Mat; see Mayawel

Tēskakōātl Wehmak     Mirror-Snake Big-Gift

Tēskatl Ihpōka      Mirror Belching-Smoke

Tēskatlanēxtia      Shows Through the Mirror

Tēskatsonkatl      Mirror Hair; Mirror Head; see Ōme Tōchtli

Tetsotsomok       Rock Splitter

Tētsāwteōtl       Sorcerer Saint; Sorcerer God

Tewkatl        Dust (a Chināmpanēk teōtl reportedly similar to Mixkōātl)

Tēyakapan       In Front; Ahead; Firstborn

Tēyokōyani       People Creator

Tēyōllōkwāni       (Human) Heart Eater

Tiānkistli        Market (the Pleiades)

Tīsawah        Chalk Owner

Tisosik        He Who Makes Sacrifices

Tītlākawān       We Are His Slaves; see Tēskatl Ihpōka

Tlachīwaleh       Creation Owner

Tlachīwaltepētl      Manmade Mountain

Tlahēlkwāni       Filth Eater

Tlahko Tsontli      

Tlahko Ēwa       From the Middle; Middleborn

Tlahsolehehkatl      Filth Wind

Tlahsolmikistli      Filth Death

Tlahsolteōtl       Filth Saint; Filth Goddess

Tlahsolyowa       Filth Night Saint; Filth Night God

Tlākatekolōtl       Man Owl; see Tēskatl Ihpōka

Tlākatleh toTēkweh     Owner of People and Our Lord

Tlākawēyak       Giant

Tlakōchkwēyeh      She Has a Dart Skirt; Dart Skirt

Tlālchi Tōnatiw      He Goes Sunnily Toward the Earth (the Setting Sun; the Night Sun)

Tlālichkatl       Cotton Lying on the Land; see Tlālok

Tlālok         He Lies on the Land; Cloud (describing a cloud sitting on a mountain)

Tlālokeh        They Lie on the Land; Clouds (acolytes of Tlālok)

Tlāltēkatsīn       Revered Settler

Tlāltēkwtli        Earth Lord

Tlāltētekwin       Earth Stomper; see Īxtlīltōn

Tlālxīktēntikah      He Dwells in the Earth’s Navel; see Xiwtēkwtli

Tlamakatsīn       Revered Striker

Tlankwāxoxōwki      

Tlanteposilamatl      Metal Teeth Old Woman

Tlapaltēkatl       Red Person

Tlappāpālo       Red Butterfly; see Chāntiko      

Tlappāpālōxawa      Red Butterfly Face Paint; see Chāntiko   

Tlasohpiltsin       Little Filth Prince

Tlasohti Tlākatl      Precious Person; Beloved One; see Tēskatl Ihpōka

Tlatkiwah        Property Owner

Tlatlāwka Tsitsimītl     Red Tsitsimītl

Tlawēlīlōktsīn       Revered Furious One

Tlāwiskalpan Tēkwtli    Lord of The House of Dawn (the Morning Star); see Ketsalkōātl

Tlawīteki        Lightning Strike

Tlāwitsīn        Little Red Ochre

Tlīlkōātsīn        Little Black Snake; Revered Black Snake

Tlīllōtl         Blackness

Tlīlpotōnki       Black Stinking One

Tlīlteōtēkwtli       Black Saint Lord; Black God Lord

Tlohtepētl        Hawk Mountain      

Tlokeh Nāwakeh      Owner of the Near and Nigh; Ever-Nigh; see Tēskatl Ihpōka

Tochānkalki       

toIlamatsīn       Our Revered Old Woman

Tōltēkatl        Man from Tōllān

toMiyāw Tēkwtli      Our-Maize-Tassel Lord

toNaka Siwātl      Our Flesh Woman; Maize Woman

toNaka Tēkwtli      Our Flesh Lord; Maize Lord

toSih Tlālli īYōlloh     Our Grandmother Earth’s Heart 

Tōtōltēkatl       Person from Tōtōllān; Bird Person

toWānyo        Our Neighbor; Tohuenyo

Tsapotlān Tēnān      Tsapotlān Mother

Tsitsimīlama       Tsitsimītl Old Woman

Tsitsimīntēkwtli      Tsitsimītl Lord

Tsonkōski        His Hair Is Blond; Blond Hair; see Tēskatl Ihpōka

Wēwehkoyōtl       Elder Coyote

Wēwehteōtl       Elder Saint; Elder God; Old Fire Teōtl

Witstsilōpōchtli      Hummingbird Left Hand; Swift to Anger Left Hand

Witstsilpopōka      He Smokes Through a Hummingbird; He’s Violence-Maxxing

Wītsnāwak Yāōtl      Witsnāwak Enemy

Wītsnāwakatl       Person from Witsnāwak

Witstsīntōn       Revered Little Thorn

Wixachtēkatl       

Wixtohsiwātl       Salt Woman (salt goddess)

Xīlōnen        Tender Maize Doll; see Chikōme Xōchitl

Xīpe toTēkw       Our Lord Flayed Skin

Xiwistāk        

Xiwkōātl        Fire Snake; Turquoise Snake; see Xiwtēkwtli

Xiwkōsawki       

Xiwkōskatl       

Xiwnel         Incapable; the Morning Star and a mixkōātl. paired with Mīmich

Xiwpilli        Turquoise Prince

Xiwpiltōntli       Little Turquoise Prince

Xiwpopōka       

Xiwtēkwtli        Turquoise Lord; Fire Lord; see Wēwehteōtl

Xiwtēkwyowa      Turquoise Lord Night 

Xiwtlāltsīn       

Xiwtlatih        Turquoise Burn; see Xiwtēkwtli

Xiwtletl        Turquoise Fire; see Xiwtēkwtli

Xiwtōchtli        Turquoise Rabbit

Xōchikalkatl       One from the Flower House

Xōchiketsal       Flower Quetzal Feather; Flower Beloved

Xōchiōlōtl        Flower Corncob

Xōchipāpālōtl      Flower Butterfly

Xōchipilli        Flower Prince; see Mākwīlxōchitl

Xōchisiwātl       Flower Woman

Xōchitl īKwe       Her Skirt is Flowers; Flower Skirt

Xōchitōnal       Flower Day Sign

Xōchtēkatsīn       Revered Xōchtēka

Xokotl         Fruit; Plum

Xōkoyōtsīn       Youngest Child

Xokwāwtli        Eagle Talon

Xōlōtl         Servant; Paige (the Evening Star)

Xomokwil        

Xonekwilli        Green Twisted Thing

Xoxōwka Tsitsimītl     Blue-Green Tsitsīmitl; Turquoise Tsitsimītl

Xoxōwki īWīpīl      Her Huipil Is Blue-Green; Turquoise Huipil

Yakakōliwki       Curved Nose; see Yakatēkwtli

Yakapāpālōtl       Nose Butterfly; see Chāntiko

Yakapitsāwak      Pointed Nose; Eared Grebe (bird)

Yakatēkwtli       Nose Lord (lord of commerce, merchants, travelers)

Yakawitstli       Thorn Nose

Yamānyalistli       Softness

Yāōsiwātl Ātōtōstli     

Yawkēmeh       He Has Sweet Marigold Clothes; see Tlālokeh

Yāwpalli īKwe       Her Skirt is Sweet Marigold-colored; Yellow Skirt

Yēyimāxtleh 

Yōllōtl īKwe       Her Skirt is Hearts; Heart Skirt

Yōltik Tahtsīn 

Yopitsīn        Revered Yopi; see Xīpe toTēkw

Yowalkwāwtli       Night Eagle

Yowallāwān       Night Drinker; see Xīpe toTēkw

Yowalli Kawaka 

Yowaltēkatsīn 

Yowaltēkwtli       Night Lord

Yowaltepostli       Night Axe

Yowaltīsitl 

Yowatl īKwe       Her Skirt is Night; Night Skirt

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