Centzonhuītznāhua

File:Centzon Huitznahuac.jpg

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In Aztec mythology, the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ({{#invoke:IPA|main}} or, the plural, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}) were the gods of the southern stars. These "four hundred" (i.e. innumerable) brothers appear in some versions of the origin story of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, the god of the sun and war. In these myths, the Centzonhuītznāhua and their sister {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} feel dishonored upon learning that their mother, the goddess {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, had become impregnated by a ball of feathers that she had tucked into her bodice.<ref>Coe, Michael D. (2008). Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 217.</ref> The children conspire to kill their mother, but their plan is thwarted when, upon approaching their mother, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} sprang from the womb—fully grown and garbed for battle—and killed them.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} beheaded his sister {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, who became the moon. {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} chased after his brothers, who, in fleeing their brother, became scattered all over the sky.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} are known as the "Four Hundred Southerners"; the gods of the northern stars are the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.