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Citlalatonac.

Headword: 
Citlalatonac.
Principal English Translation: 

"Glowing Star," a deity that is part of the Ometeotl Complex, primordial parents of deities and humans, creation
"Table 3. Major Deities of the Late Pre-Hispanic Central Mexican Nahua-Speaking Communities." Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 6: Social Anthropology, ed Manning Nash (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1967).

themes: 
Celestial Phenomena
Religion (Indigenous)