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Visual depiction of Tonatiuh

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Vol. II · Polytheism

Tonatiuh

Aztec sun god


the solar deity with his tongue of sacrificial flint extended at the center of the great sun stone, demanding the blood that keeps the sun in motion

Organization
Native American Spiritual Traditions
Time period
ancient – present
Location
North & South America

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Native American has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.