Ixtlilton

Ixtlilton (Nahuatl languages: Ixtlilton pronounced [iʃˈtɬiɬton],"the little black one") in Aztec mythology is a god of medicine and healing[1] and therefore was often alluded to as the brother of Macuilxochitl, the god of well-being or good luck. Ixtlilton was a gentle god, who emanated from an obsidian mask which brought darkness and peaceful sleep to children in their beds at night.[2]

References
  1. Biblioteca Porrúa. Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología, ed. (1905). Diccionario de Mitología Nahua (in Spanish). México. pp. 217, 218. ISBN 978-9684327955.
  2. "Aztec Religion - AZTEC GODS - Aztecs of Mexico History". ambergriscaye.com.
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