the name of a deity related to the creation of the moon
Auh in iehoatl, tecuciztecatl, in ipan tlamaceoaia: muchi tlaçotli, imacxoiauh quetzalli, auh in içacatapaiol teucuitlatl, in ivitz chalchiuitl: inic tlaezuilli, tlaezçotilli, tapachtli: auh in icopal vel ieh in copalli. = And this Tecuciztecatl: that with which he did penance was all costly. His fir branches [were] quetzal feathers, and his grass balls [were] of gold; his maguey spines [were] of green stone; the reddened, bloodied spines [were] of coral. And his incense was very good incense. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Metzli: tecuciztecatl. = The moon (Tecuciztecatl). (central Mexico, sixteenth century)