Teotihuacan Religion

Teotihuacán was an ancient Mesoamerican city in Mexico. Teotihuacán gets its name from the Aztecs meaning “place for the Gods.” The ancient city thrived around 300-550 CE, but it began its era around 150 BCE and ended it in 600 CE spanning over 700 years. The city itself is about 30 miles from current day Mexico City. The city itself is over 20 square kilometers with a gridded layout and a walled exterior. The Avenue of the Dead outlines the length of the city, starting at the crop fields and pointing towards Cerro Gordo, a sacred mountain. Along the way, the Avenue of the Dead passes many of its most beloved architecture today. It passes the Pyramid of the Sun, the Citadel, some thousands of smaller temples and buildings, and ultimately, the Pyramid of the Moon. Teotihuacán is located in between a mountainous area that
They had creator Gods, the Spider Goddess who was represented in their artwork with a fanged mask imitating a spider’s mouth, as well as Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent God and the Old Fire God. Their deities for water included Chalchiuhtlicue who has a 3 meter high stone statue in the city as well Tlaloc, the god of war and rain. Another God they believed in was Xipe Totec, who was the God of agricultural renewal which was a very important God to them as well, as he focused on maize.
Their ancient deities influenced much of the art at the time. People of Teotihuacán included art everywhere. Most of the murals on their buildings illustrated religious processions as well as images of their landscape such as rivers or fountains. Along with the painted art, was the orange clay used for pottery. As mentioned earlier, it made its way all over Mexico. There have been molds with stamped decorations that, because of it’s high demand, tell archaeologists that they were produced in mass