XIPE TOTEC WAS CLOSELY RELATED TO DEATH, SO IT WAS CONSIDERED THE SOURCE OF ILLNESSES. Xipe Totec (pron. Xi-pe To-tec) or The Flayed One in Nahuatl, was an important god in ancient Mesoamerican culture and particularly important to the Toltecs and Aztecs. He was considered the god of spring, the patron god of seeds and planting, and the patron of metal workers (especially goldsmiths) and precious stones. He is equivalent to Red Tezcatlipoca, patron of Cuauhtli (eagle), the inauspicious fifteenth Aztec day name, and was represented by the date 1 Ocelotl. 4cm