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Tlauixcalpantecuhtli
Tlauixcalpantecuhtli AmericaIn Tollan a destructive deity identified with the planet Venus. In Tenochtitlan the Aztecs retained this Toltec apprehension and thought that in his different phases Tlauixcalpantecuhtli, ‘lord of the house of dawn’, threatened ill to the various social classes.
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