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.

  1. Cipactli (alligator) -- god of feasts
  2. Ehecatl (wind) -- god of fire, life, spirit
  3. Calli (house) -- god of darkness, night
  4. Cuetzpallin (lizard) -- god of harvest
  5. Coatl (serpent) -- serpent god
  6. Miquiztli (death) -- god of death
  7. Mazatl (deer) -- hunting god
  8. Tochtli (rabbit) -- fertility god
  9. Atl (water) -- storm god
  10. Itzcuintl (dog) -- lightning beast
  11. Ozomatli (monkey) -- god of the north1
  12. Malinalli (grass) -- god of cleansing
  13. Acatl (reed) -- god of dwellings
  14. Ocelotl (jaguar) -- god of the heavens
  15. Cuachtli (eagle) -- great mother earth
  16. Cozcauauhtli (vulture) -- hunting god
  17. Ollin (motion) -- the cardinal directions
  18. Tecpatl (flint) -- serpent god
  19. Quiauitl (rain) -- god of thunderstorms
  20. Xochitl (flower) -- sun god



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