The following is a list of the objects and deities associated with each
day. The designation of the start of the year changes from Aztec
to Zapotec to Mayan, though the order that the days follow seems
to be consistent among them.
- Cipactli (alligator) -- god of feasts
- Ehecatl (wind) -- god of fire, life, spirit
- Calli (house) -- god of darkness, night
- Cuetzpallin (lizard) -- god of harvest
- Coatl (serpent) -- serpent god
- Miquiztli (death) -- god of death
- Mazatl (deer) -- hunting god
- Tochtli (rabbit) -- fertility god
- Atl (water) -- storm god
- Itzcuintl (dog) -- lightning beast
- Ozomatli (monkey) -- god of the north1
- Malinalli (grass) -- god of cleansing
- Acatl (reed) -- god of dwellings
- Ocelotl (jaguar) -- god of the heavens
- Cuachtli (eagle) -- great mother earth
- Cozcauauhtli (vulture) -- hunting god
- Ollin (motion) -- the cardinal directions
- Tecpatl (flint) -- serpent god
- Quiauitl (rain) -- god of thunderstorms
- Xochitl (flower) -- sun god