Priests would worship the god by flaying human victims and wearing their skin. A stone skull and torso found at Ndachjian-Tehuacan are thought to represent the god Xipe Tótec.

They call him the Flayed Lord: an ancient, pre-Hispanic god depicted as a skinned human corpse, whose worshipers donned human skin stripped from sacrificial victims. Depictions of him have ...

Historians have long known that Xipe Totec (“the Flayed Lord”) was worshipped by numerous peoples across what is now central and western Mexico and the Gulf coast.

Xipe Totec was one of the era’s most important religious figures, ... The Xipe Totec figure was dressed in a skirt of feathers, as well as the flayed human skin.

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"Sculpturally, it is a very beautiful piece," Castillo said of the torso, which shows Xipe Tótec wearing a feather skirt and what appears to be a flayed skin hanging off his body.

A stone carving depicting Xipe Tótec, a pre-Columbian god known as the Flayed Lord. Artifacts related to the deity were found in the central state of Puebla.

This idea was embodied by the god Xipe Totec, who was often depicted wearing a flayed human skin. The deity was thought to cause crops and other plants to grow.

Although depictions of the god, Xipe Totec, had been found before in other cultures, a whole temple had never been discovered. (Meliton Tapia Davila/INAH via AP) Image 2 of 2 ...

Pre-Aztec temple to ‘Flayed Lord’ fertility god depicted as skinned human corpse discovered in Mexico. Priests worshipped Xipe Totec by killing human victims in gladiator-style combat and then ...

MEXICO CITY — Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse, authorities said Wednesday. Mexico’s Natio… ...

Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse, ... Xipe Totec. Sat, 19 Oct 2024 18: ...