Tlacaxiphehualiztli | Xipe Totec, Our Lord the Flayed One | Aztecverse
Tlacaxiphehualiztli (2026)
This image envisions the Aztec yearly rite and festival of Tlacaxipehualiztli, which venerates the arrival of Spring through the image and symbology of Xipe Totec. Xipe Totec, who was also known as the Night Drinker, Our Lord the Flayed One, represents renewal, fertility, and the rebirth that comes from shedding blood and old skins. The god was always depicted in ancient art with a humanoid shape, clothed with the skin of sacrificial victims.
This image envisions the Aztec yearly rite and festival of Tlacaxipehualiztli, which venerates the arrival of Spring through the image and symbology of Xipe Totec. Xipe Totec, who was also known as the Night Drinker, Our Lord the Flayed One, represents renewal, fertility, and the rebirth that comes from shedding blood and old skins. The god was always depicted in ancient art with a humanoid shape, clothed with the skin of sacrificial victims.