Tepeyóllotl, Heart of the Mountain

The myth

Tepeyóllotl, “Heart of the Mountain,” is the Mexica jaguar god, considered one of Tezcatlipoca’s faces. He lived inside mountains and caves, and his roar was the echo resounding through the valleys; he was also tied to earthquakes. In the codices he appears as a jaguar, sometimes with the smoking mirror in place of a foot, or surrounded by starry eyes inside a cave. He was the eighth of the nine Lords of the Night and patron of the third thirteen-day period of the ritual calendar. For the Nahua, the jaguar ruled night and the earth’s interior.

Why it has this power

A Level 8 Epic with 2750 ATK and 2500 DEF: the strongest Beast, a god in the shape of a beast. Darkness and Moon are Tezcatlipoca’s night; Bull, the raw strength of the mountain. Fused with the Sorcerer of the Smoking Mirror, he reveals his true face and forms Tezcatlipoca, the Legendary Lord of the Smoking Mirror.

Did you know

In the Codex Borbonicus, Tepeyóllotl appears with a severed leg and the smoking mirror, the same marks as Tezcatlipoca.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Sorcerer of the Smoking Mirror → Tezcatlipoca, Lord of the Smoking Mirror

Where to get it

• Daily Offering: 0.012% per pack (Epic 0.15% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.045% per pack · 0.23% in the themed pack (Epic 0.24% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.18% per pack · 0.94% in the themed pack (Epic 1% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 0.49% per pack · 2.5% in the themed pack (Epic 3% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 0.91% per pack · 4.6% in the themed pack (Epic 6% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 2.6% of days · 1,500 gems
• Craft with card dust: 2,400 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. El jaguar en la cosmovisión mexica (Arqueología Mexicana) — Guilhem Olivier
2. Tezcatlipoca — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright
3. Aztec Pantheon — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright