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Tziuhtecatl.
Headword:
Tziuhtecatl.
Principal English Translation:
a famous name; held by the leader of the merchants of Tlatelolco during the reign of Cuacuauhpitzahuac, and held by a lord of Colhuahcân who was a successor of Yohuallatônac; finally, according to Siméon, this is variant for the name Xiuhtecatl, someone who takes care of green herbs or turquoise
Orthographic Variants:
Tziuhtecatzin
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents Tziuhtecatl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).