Ehecatl

<p>Ehecatl  is a <a href="/facts/Pre-Columbian/0Ntjleee">pre-Columbian</a> deity associated with the <a href="/facts/Wind/Nt0QIu5B">wind</a>, who features in <a href="/facts/Aztec_mythology/DYhGxztT">Aztec mythology</a> and the mythologies of other cultures from the central Mexico region of <a href="/facts/Mesoamerica/cFjUFklr">Mesoamerica</a>. He is most usually interpreted as the aspect of the <a href="/facts/Feathered_Serpent_(deity)/utHrz2R3">Feathered Serpent</a> deity (<a href="/facts/Quetzalcoatl/CQq5P6rS">Quetzalcoatl</a> in <a href="/facts/Aztec/Tn5vj064">Aztec</a> and other <a href="/facts/Nahua_people/WFXTweKj">Nahua</a> cultures) as a god of wind, and is therefore also known as Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl. Ehecatl also figures prominently as one of the creator gods and culture heroes in the mythical <a href="/facts/Mesoamerican_creation_accounts/nQsJ6Cy7">creation accounts</a> documented for pre-Columbian central Mexican cultures.
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<p>Since the wind blows in all directions, Ehecatl was associated with all the <a href="/facts/Cardinal_direction/rbcPTkbJ">cardinal directions</a>. His temple was built as a cylinder in order to reduce the air resistance, and was sometimes portrayed with two protruding masks through which the wind blew.
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