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In Aztec mythology, the Cintēteo (Nahuatl pronunciation: [sinteːˈteoʔ]) are the four gods of maize. They are sons of the goddess Centeōtl and the god Cinteōtl.

Their names are:

Iztāc-Cinteōtl (meaning white corn)
Tlatlauhca-Cinteōtl (meaning red corn)
Cozauhca-Cinteōtl (meaning yellow corn)
Yayauhca-Cinteōtl (meaning black corn)

Notes

Cecilio Agustín Robelo (1905). Diccionario de Mitología Nahua [Dictionary of Nahua Mythology] (in Spanish). Mexico: Biblioteca Porrúa, an imprint of the Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología. p. 87. ISBN 978-9684327955.

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Primordials	Ōmeteōtl: Ometēcuthli and Omecihuātl (or Tōnacātēcuhtli and Tōnacācihuātl)
Creator gods (Four Tezcatlipocas)	Huītzilōpōchtli Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Xipe Totec (or Camaxtle)
Deities	Lords of the Night Centeōtl Chalchiuhtlicue Cinteotl Mictlāntēcutli Piltzintecuhtli Tepēyōllōtl Tezcatlipoca (see Creator gods) Tláloc Tlazōlteōtl Xiuhtecuhtli Lords of the Day Citlālicue Mictēcacihuātl Nanahuatzin Tlāhuizcalpantecuhtli Tlaltecuhtli Tōnatiuh Acolnahuacatl Acuecueyotl (see Chalchiuhtlicue) Atlahua Atlacoya Chalchiuhtotolin Chantico Chicomecōātl Chīmalmā Cihuacōātl Cihuatecayotl Cipactonal Cōātlīcue Coyolxāuhqui Ehecatl Huēhuecoyōtl Huitztlampaehecatl Huixtocihuatl Ilamatecuhtli Ītzpāpālōtl Itzpapalotlcihuatl Itzpapalotltotec Itztlacoliuhqui Ixtlilton Macuiltochtli Macuilxochitl Malinalxochitl Mayahuel Metztli Mictlanpachecatl Mixcoatl Opochtli Oxomoco Painal Patecatl Tēcciztēcatl Temazcalteci Tepoztēcatl Tlacotzontli Tlalocayotl Tlilhua Toci Toltecatl Tonantzin Xilonen Xōchipilli Xōchiquetzal Xochitlicue Xocotl Xolotl Yacatecuhtli Zacatzontli
Groups	Ahuiateteo Centzonmīmixcōa Centzonhuītznāhua Centzon Tōtōchtin Cintēteo Cihuateteo Civateteo Ehecatotontli Tiānquiztli Tzitzimitl Xiuhtotontli
Places	Anahuac Aztlán Cemanahuac Chicomoztoc Huēyi Teōcalli Mictlān (The Underworld) Tamoanchan Teotihuacan Thirteen Heavens Tlālōcān Tlillan-Tlapallan Tōllān
Beliefs and practice	Five Suns The Stinking Corpse Use of entheogens
Codices	Aubin Codex Aubin Manuscript no. 20 Aubin Tonalamatl Codex Azcatitlan Codices Azoyú I & II Badianus Manuscript Codices Becker I & II Boban Aztec Calendar Wheel Codex Bodley Codex Borbonicus Codex Borgia Codex Boturini Mapas de Cuauhtinchan 1-4 Codex Chimalpahin Codex Chimalpopoca Codex Colombino Codex Cospi Codex Cozcatzin Codex Dresden Codex Durán Codex Fejérváry-Mayer Codex Florentine Codex Huamantla Códice de Huichapan Codex Huexotzinco Humboldt fragment 1 Codex Ixtlilxochitl Codex Laud Lienzo Antonio de León Lienzo de Coixtlahuaca I & II Lienzo de Santa María Nativitas Lienzo de Santiago Ihuitlan Lienzo de Zacatepec I & II Codex Madrid Codex Magliabechiano Matrícula de Tributos Codex Mexicanus Crónica Mexicayotl Códice Maya de México Codex Osuna Oztoticpac Lands Map of Texcoco Paris Codex Plano en papel de maguey Primeros Memoriales Codex Porfirio Díaz Mapa Quinatzin Codex Ramírez Codex Reese Relación de Michoacán Codex Ríos Romances de los señores de Nueva España Codex Santa Maria Asunción Selden Roll Mapa Sigüenza Codex Telleriano-Remensis Tira de Tepechpan Anales de Tlatelolco Codex Tlatelolco Mapa Tloztin Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca Codex Totomixtlahuaca Codex Tudela Anales de Tula Codex Vaticanus B Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I Codex Xolotl Codex Zouche-Nuttall

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