Xiuhtecuhtli, whose name means "turquoise lord" in the Nahuatl language, was the Aztec "new fire" god. The Aztecs kept a "holy fire" continuously burning in the Fire Temple at Tenochtitlan ...

The mask depicts Xiuhtecuhtli, Aztec god of fire and renewal Crafted from wood, turquoise mosaic, and cinnabar lining Displayed at the British Museum, reflecting Aztec rituals ...

The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god ...

Tlaloc, the god of rain and fertility, was one of the most important deities in the Aztec pantheon. Templo Mayor, known in ...

In Norse mythology, Njord (Old Norse: Njörðr) is a god associated with the sea, wind, sailing, fishing, fertility, and wealth. He is part of the Vanir, a group of gods connected to fertility and ...

Source: Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. A majestic temple of the fertility god was found in Egypt. Interestingly, archaeologists have unearthed a secret entrance to the ancient building, ...

A team from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Archaeology and the German University of Tübengen have fully unearthed the entrance of a well-preserved 2,000-year-old temple in Sohag, Egypt.

Bhudevi, from Hindu mythology, and Sif, from Norse mythology, are both revered goddesses associated with earth and fertility. Despite belonging to different cultural and mythological contexts, they ...

Their prevalence in gravesites led researchers to suspect that these petrifying piccolos may have been symbols of Ehecatl, the Aztec God of Wind who “traveled to the underworld to obtain the ...

Another theory is that the skull-like shape is an allusion to Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of the underworld, and that the Death Flute may have been used in religious practices or ceremonies.