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Where are the Aztec gods now?

Some people think the Aztecs (Mexica) died out completely after the Conquest. Not so! The Spanish destroyed cities but many villages survived and continue to be inhabited by Aztecs to the present day...

While some Aztec gods, like Huitzilopochtli, have disappeared altogether, others ‘live on’, even if disguised a bit: the creator god of duality, the Sun, the rain god (still sometimes blamed today if maize crops fail)...

... fertility gods, earth gods, today called ‘Grandfather’ and ‘Grandmother’, mountain gods, wind spirits...

maize spirits, ‘Death’, female monster spirits, sorcerors...

And there are plenty more that experts have found still going strong in some villages: gods of the moon, stars, comets, crops, caves, clouds, fire, house, hearth, year, earth’s surface, and hummingbirds...