Xōchipilli: Aztec God of Love, Flowers, Poetry, Gay Men, Male Prostitutes, Dancing, and Fertility
Xōchipilli is the Aztec God of love, lord of flowers, art, games, dance, song, young men, and fertility. Xōchipilli is also the patron of homosexuality, and male prostitutes. This is likely because he was absorbed by the Toltec civilization. He is a male god, from the Mesoamerican region. Xōchipilli is from the Aztec, Toltec, and Tlaxcaltc ethnic group. He is often paired with his female twin counterpart — Xochiquetzal (she is the Aztec goddess of young women, fertility, beauty, love, flower, pregnancy, childbirth, and crafts done by women such as weaving, and embroidery). Xōchipilli is the husband of Mayahuel, the female deity that is a personification of the maguey plant (flowering plant of Agave, that grows in parts of the United States, and Mexico).
Xōchipilli’s name comes from two Nahuatl words. ‘Xōchitl’ which translates into ‘flower’, and ‘pilli’ which means ‘prince’. The God’s name, means ‘flower prince’. He also goes by other names — Macuilxōchitl, and Chicomexōchitl. In Aztec mythology, Xōchipilli had two brothers. Ixtlilton was the God of health, dancing, and medicine, while Macuilxōchitl was the God of games.
Xōchipilli is the manifestation of Piltzintecuhtli (who was the young sun god, and a manifestation of Tonatiuh — the supreme sun god of…
