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title: Xipe Totec
author: Papageno
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1373/xipe-totec/
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updated: 2024-12-16
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# Xipe Totec

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## Image File

[![Xipe Totec](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1373.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1373.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Xipe Totec](https://www.worldhistory.org/Xipe_Totec/), the Mesoamerican [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) of spring and patron of planting, seeds, and goldsmiths, and particularly worshipped by the Aztecs, as depicted in the Codex Barbonicus. Human sacrifices were made to the god and the skins of the victims worn in imitation of the process of regeneration of seeds when they shed their husks. The god is depicted wearing one of the skins of his victims.

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### MLA
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## License & Copyright

[Original image](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CodexBorbonicus.JPG) by **Papageno**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 05 August 2013. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.