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- Huey Tozoztli also known as Huey Tocoztli is the name of the fourth month of the Aztec calendar. It is also a festival in the Aztec religion dedicated...
- 2013. DiCesare, Catherine R. (2015-10-01). "Tláloc Rites and the Huey Tozoztli Festival in the Mexican Codex Borbonicus". Ethnohistory. 62 (4): 683–706...
- Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is particularly recognized during Huey Tozoztli, the first of sequence of three festivals held in high season marking the...
- tōzōztōntli (“lesser vigil”) Apr 10–Apr 29 Mar 14–Apr 02 Tlaloc 4 huēyi tōzōztli (“greater vigil”) Apr 30–May 19 Apr 03–Apr 22 Cinteotl 5 toxcatl (“dryness”)...
- involved a sacrifice of humans. One of these rituals was the feast of Huey Tozoztli, when the ruler himself ascended Mount Tlaloc and engaged in autosacrifice...
- emphasis at the beginning of the rain season. One annual feast called Huey Tozoztli occurred atop Cerro Tláloc and coincided with the date of highest annual...
- ruler, the tlatoani, who would ritually adorn him. In the month of Huey Tozoztli which preceded Toxcatl, he would be ritually wed to four maidens who impersonated...
- tōzōztōntli (“lesser vigil”) Apr 10–Apr 29 Mar 14–Apr 02 Tlaloc 4 huēyi tōzōztli (“greater vigil”) Apr 30–May 19 Apr 03–Apr 22 Cinteotl 5 toxcatl (“dryness”)...