In Aztec mythology, Patecatl is a god of healing and fertility and the discoverer of peyote as well as the "lord of the root of pulque".
[2][3][4] With Mayahuel, he was the father of the Centzon Totochtin.
[5] In the Aztec calendar, Patecatl is the lord of the thirteen days from 1 Monkey to 13 House.
The preceding thirteen days are ruled over by Mictlantecuhtli and the following thirteen by Itztlacoliuhqui.
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