Ixtlilton
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox deity Ixtlilton (Template:Langx {{#invoke:IPA|main}},"ink at the face", from īxtli, "face", "eye", tlīlli, "black ink", and -tōn, diminutive suffix<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>) in Aztec mythology is a god of medicine and healing<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and therefore was often alluded to as the brother of MacuilxochitlTemplate:Citation needed, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>