Every god on the Aztec god family tree
Each figure on the Aztec god family tree has a row, with the source that names it.
| Portrait | Person | In the sources | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|
 | TonacatecuhtliCreator god | He created himself and lived in the thirteenth heaven with his wife. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
 | TonacacihuatlCreator goddess | Wife of Tonacatecuhtli and mother of the four sons. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| C | CoatlicueMother at Coatepec | She conceived Huitzilopochtli from a ball of feathers. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
 | Red TezcatlipocaEldest son | Born red all over, worshipped as Camaxtle in Huexotzinco and Tlaxcala. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
 | TezcatlipocaSecond son | Born black, the greatest of the four, who knew all thoughts. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
 | QuetzalcoatlThird son | With Huitzilopochtli he made the fire and the half sun. | Find on the chart |
 | HuitzilopochtliGod of war | Youngest son of the creator pair, or son of Coatlicue, by the source. | Find on the chart |
| C | CoyolxauhquiDaughter of Coatlicue | She led her brothers against their mother and was killed. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| CH | Centzon HuitznahuaThe four hundred brothers | Sons of Coatlicue, pursued by Huitzilopochtli. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
 | TlalocGod of water | Made with his wife by the four sons. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
 | ChalchiuhtlicueGoddess of water | Wife of Tlaloc, made with him by the four sons. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
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The article is unsigned, so the site stands as author and the date is its last revision. Cite the numbered sources for the facts and the article for the chart. Each reference gives the address of the article.
- APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 11). The Aztec god family tree in two colonial sources. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/aztec-gods-family-tree
- MLA“The Aztec God Family Tree in Two Colonial Sources.” Genogram Builder, 11 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/aztec-gods-family-tree.
- ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Aztec God Family Tree in Two Colonial Sources.” Last modified November 11, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/aztec-gods-family-tree.
- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Aztec God Family Tree in Two Colonial Sources. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/aztec-gods-family-tree (Accessed: 11 November 2026).
The files are drawn in this browser from the chart of the article, with the credit of every portrait under it.
Sources
Every source of this Aztec god family tree was opened on 10 November 2026. The History of the Mexicans is cited in the Phillips translation of 1883 as FAMSI prints it, and the Florentine Codex in the Anderson and Dibble translation as UC San Diego prints it.
FAMSI, Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies
- History of the Mexicans as Told by Their Paintings, translated by Henry Phillips Jr., chapter 1
- History of the Mexicans as Told by Their Paintings, chapter 2
- History of the Mexicans as Told by Their Paintings, chapter 3
- History of the Mexicans as Told by Their Paintings, introduction by Henry Phillips Jr.
University of California, San Diego
J. Paul Getty Museum
Portrait credits
Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.
- Tonacacihuatl, Codex Fejérváry-Mayer, Pre-Columbian.
- Tonacatecuhtli, Codex Fejérváry-Mayer, Pre-Columbian.
- Red Tezcatlipoca, Unknown author, Pre-Columbian.
- Tezcatlipoca, Unknown author, Pre-Columbian.
- Quetzalcoatl, Codex Magliabechiano, 16th century.
- Huitzilopochtli, Codex Telleriano-Remensis.
- Tlaloc, Codex Borgia, Pre-Columbian.
- Chalchiuhtlicue, Codex Borbonicus, facsimile of 1899, 1899.
- The creator pair Tonacatecuhtli and Tonacacihuatl, as Commons identifies them, on a page of the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer, a painted book that Commons dates before the conquest, Codex Fejérváry-Mayer, Pre-Columbian.
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