Xochipilli
/ˌʃoː.t͡ʃiˈpil.li/noun
In Aztec religion, the god of flowers, love, beauty, pleasure, dance, and music.
Did you know?Xochipilli was worshipped as a deity of flowers, music, art, and ecstatic states, showing how in Mesoamerican religion beauty and trance could be inseparable.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Nahuatl
Nahuatl
Xōchipilli
““Flower prince”; a deity associated with flowers, music, pleasure, and beauty”
Postclassic Mesoamerica
Nahuatl
xōchitl + pilli
““flower” + “noble child, prince””
Modern scholarship
English
Xochipilli
“The conventional Latin-script form used in English for the Aztec deity”
Modern English
English
Xochipilli
“The name of the Aztec god of flowers, pleasure, and art”