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thumb|Tonacacíhuatl and Tonacatecuhtli as depicted in the [[Codex Fejérváry-Mayer]]

thumb|Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl described in the [[Codex Fejérváry-Mayer]]

() ("Two-God") is a name used to refer to the pair of Aztec deities and , also known as and . translates as "two" or "dual" in Nahuatl and translates as "Divinity". Ometeotl was one as the first divinity, and Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl when the being became two to be able to reproduce all creation.

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thumb|Tonacateuchtli as depicted in the [[Codex Borgia Another example given by is from the : "", literally "two-god, creator of humanity." Haly, reading the interjection as part of a longer (and similarly unattested) , argues that this should rather be translated as "juicy maguey God" as the text talks about the imbibing of pulque. The has a representation of a god labelled — iconographic analysis shows the deity to be identical to . The fifth source is the History of the Mexicans as Told by Their Paintings which Haly shows does not in fact read , but rather ", ("bone-lord") who is also called " and is explicitly stated to be identical to .

James Maffie in his book Aztec Philosophy poses the argument that Aztec religion was pantheistic, centered on the entity Teotl. As a result of the pantheism proposed by Maffie that he claims was practiced by the Aztecs, it is by definition not possible that Ometeotl can be a “God of Duality” that is separate from Teotl, which is contradictory to the way in which Leon-Portilla talks about Ometeotl as a transcendental creator god.

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