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Macuiltochtli (pronounced [makʷiɬtotʃtɬi], 'Five Rabbit'; from Classical Nahuatl: macuilli, 'five' + tochtli, 'rabbit') is one of the five deities from Aztec and other central Mexican pre-Columbian mythological traditions who, known collectively as the Ahuiateteo, symbolized excess, over-indulgence and the attendant punishments and consequences thereof. [1]
Macuiltochtli and the other Ahuiateteo— Macuilxōchitl ('5 flower'), Macuilcuetzpalin ('5 lizard'), Macuilcozcacuahtli ('5 vulture'), and Macuilmalinalli ('5 grass')— bore the names of specific days in the tōnalpōhualli (Aztec/central Mexican version of the Mesoamerican 260-day calendar), where the day coefficient ( trecena) of five had overtones associated with excess and loss of control. Postclassic central Mexican traditions identified rabbits with the beverage pulque and insobriety, and by extension Macuiltochtli had a particular association with inebriation and excessive consumption. [2]
Macuiltochtli was also part of the Centzon Tōtōchtin, the four hundred rabbits which were all gods of drunkenness.