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Guess which Aztec god today is the most searched-for on the internet... It’s Quetzalcóatl (The Feathered Serpent)! According to a survey we carried out at the beginning of 2007, he is by far the most googled Aztec god. Here are the full results...

Figure of Quetzalcóatl in the British Museum (photo by Ian Mursell) (Click on image to enlarge)

1. Quetzalcóatl: 1,130,000
2. Tlaloc: 347,000
3. Tonatiuh: 231,000
4. Tezcatlipoca: 219,000
5. Huitzilopochtli: 172,000
6. Coatlicue: 88,400
7. Mictlantecuhtli: 78,900
8. Xochipilli: 70,700
9. Xochiquetzal: 68,300
10. Ehécatl: 66,300
11. Xipe Totec: 55,200
12. Mixcóatl: 34,200
13. Chalchiuhtlicue: 22,900
14. Xiuhtecuhtli: 18,900
15. Ometeotl: 18,400
16. Huehueteotl: 15,500
17. Tlaltecuhtli: 12,300
18. Chicomecóatl: 10,700
19. Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli: 9,110
20. Cinteotl: 659.

Any surprises? We may run the check again some time in the future and compare. Could Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli be at the bottom because his name takes so long to type?! Learn more about him below...

‘The god with the longest name?’