Xipe Totec, or the Flayed One, was an Aztec fertility god with a penchant for wearing people’s skin. His rituals included gladiatorial sacrifice and ritual flaying…

…One unique feature of Xipe Totec was his status as the patron god of goldsmiths. The Aztecs believed gold to be sacred, and reserved it for ritual or state use. The Nahuatl word for gold, teocuitatl, translates as “excrement of the gods."

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