Izcalli

On this day, the Aztecs began the month of Izcalli in honor of the fire god Xiuhtecuhtli. The Nahuatl word izcalli means stone house and refers to the building where corn was dried and roasted between mid-January and mid-February. The whole month was therefore devoted to fire. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #February 16 #izcalli #Xiuhtecuhtli