Xiuhtecuhtli, Aztec god of fire, day and heat. From the Ramírez Codex (The Tovar Codex)

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Number:014239

Title:Xiuhtecuhtli, Aztec god of fire, day and heat. From the Ramírez Codex (The Tovar Codex)

Artist: Pre-Columbian art

Museum: John Carter Brown Library, Rhode Island

Method: Watercolour on parchment

Created: 1586

School: Mexico

Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Trend in art: Aztec art

Keywords: Folklore, Traditional, Manuscript, Manuscript illumination, Fire god, Pagan, Pagans, Paganism, Medieval, Illuminated manuscript, Medieval Illuminated Letter, Illuminated art, Xiuhtecuhtli, Aztec mythology, Fire gods, Aztecs, Lord of Fire, Miniature, Mesoamerica