Cintēteo

In Aztec mythology, the Cintēteo (Nahuatl pronunciation: [sinteːˈteoʔ]) are the four gods of maize. They are sons of the goddess Centeōtl and the god Cinteōtl.

Their names are:^[1]

• Iztāc-Cinteōtl (meaning white corn)
• Tlatlauhca-Cinteōtl (meaning red corn)
• Cozauhca-Cinteōtl (meaning yellow corn)
• Yayauhca-Cinteōtl (meaning black corn)

Notes

1. Cecilio Agustín Robelo (1905). Diccionario de Mitología Nahua [Dictionary of Nahua Mythology] (in Spanish). Mexico: Biblioteca Porrúa, an imprint of the Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología. p. 87. ISBN 978-9684327955.