Ixtlilton Explained

Ixtlilton (Nahuatl languages: Īxtlīltōn in Nahuatl languages pronounced as /iːʃˈt͡ɬiːɬtoːn/,"ink at the face", from īxtli, "face", "eye", tlīlli, "black ink", and -tōn, diminutive suffix^{[1] [2]}) in Aztec mythology is a god of medicine and healing^[3] 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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Andrews, J. Richard, Hassig, Ross . Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions That Today Live Among the Indians Native to This New Spain, 1629 . University of Oklahoma Press . 1984 . 0806120312 . Norman . 229.
2. Book: Mikulska, Katarzyna . Tejiendo destinos. Un acercamiento al sistema de comunicación gráfica en los códices adivinatorios . El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C., Uniwersytet Warszawski . 2015 . 978-83-60875-70-4 . Zinacantepec, Warszawa . 92.
3. Book: Cecilio Agustín Robelo

   . Diccionario de Mitología Nahua. Biblioteca Porrúa. Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología. Cecilio Agustín Robelo. Spanish. 1905. México. 217, 218. 978-9684327955.

4. Web site: Aztec Religion - AZTEC GODS - Aztecs of Mexico History. ambergriscaye.com.