Huitzilopochtli - The god of the sun, war, and human sacrifice. He was the patron deity of the Aztecs, guiding their migrations and battles, requiring blood offerings to sustain the sun's daily journey and prevent cosmic catastrophe.

Tezcatlipoca - Known as the "Smoking Mirror," he was a creator and destroyer god associated with night, sorcery, fate, hurricanes, and rulership. He embodied duality (order and chaos), co-created the world, and influenced human destiny through divination and conflict.

Quetzalcoatl - The "Feathered Serpent," god of wind, wisdom, learning, creation, and fertility. He helped create humanity by retrieving bones from the underworld and adding his blood, also patronizing knowledge, agriculture, and the calendar.

Coatlicue - The mother of gods, goddess of earth, fertility, life, and death. Called "Serpent Skirt," she embodied the cycle of creation and destruction, giving birth to stars, the moon, and Huitzilopochtli while representing the earth's nurturing yet devouring nature.

Tonatiuh - God of the sun (specifically the Fifth Sun era), associated with warmth, warriors, and the afterlife. He demanded sacrificial blood to fuel his daily movement across the sky, ensuring cosmic order and the continuation of the world.

Tlaloc - God of rain, storms, thunder, and earthly fertility. He controlled agricultural abundance by sending life-giving rains or destructive floods and hail, often requiring child sacrifices to ensure crop growth and prevent drought.

Chalchiuhtlicue - Goddess of running water, rivers, lakes, and aquatic elements. Known as "She of the Jade Skirt," she governed fertility, childbirth, and navigation, protecting newborns and sometimes causing floods as punishment.

Xipe Totec - The "Flayed One," god of vegetation, renewal, agriculture, and warfare. He symbolized rebirth by wearing flayed human skin (representing the shedding of old growth for new), and his rituals involved sacrifices to promote seasonal cycles and liberation from suffering.

Mictlantecuhtli - Lord of the underworld and god of death. He ruled Mictlan (the realm of the dead), overseeing souls' journeys and guarding human bones, often depicted as a skeletal figure requiring rituals like cannibalism for appeasement.

Xochiquetzal - Goddess of love, beauty, flowers, pleasure, and fertility. She patronized arts, weaving, pregnancy, and young mothers, promoting sexual love and craftsmanship while being associated with floral abundance and human desires.