Tlecoyanism

The Nenonotzaliztli symbol denotes those who uphold the covenant with Lord Fire. In the modern day it is used to represent Tlecoyanism and its adherents.

The Nenonotzalitlacoani symbol of the pact breaker is used to denote sinners as well as heathens. In modern Tlecoyanism it symbolizes the Sarpetic religions such as Nazarism and Fabrianism.

Tlecoyanism, also known as the Sacred Covenant (Nahuatl: Teotlacemitoliztli), is a henotheistic religion based on the teachings of the nahuatl-speaking prophet Tletlacatli who lived in ancient Zacapican. The faith emerged along with its founding prophet in the second millennium BCE some time after the settlement the of the migratory Nahua people on the Zacaco plain, making it one of the oldest surviving religions in the world. It served as the state religion for the ancient and medieval Zacapitec empires and was spread across southern Oxidentale by Nahua armies and colonists as they expanded from their homeland in the Zacaco. Through the long history of the region, conversion to Tlecoyanism has often gone hand in hand with the process of assimilation to Nahua culture undertaken by many native peoples of southern Oxidentale over the thousands of years of Nahua rule there. Tlecoayanist ideas were also spread along maritime trade routes to Malaio and the Ozeros countries beginning in the 15th century. In modern-day Zacapican, the state is secular and divorced from the Tlecoyanist clergy and its religious affairs. However, Tlecoyanism remains by far the most widespread religion in southern Oxidentale and is deeply engrained within Zacapitec culture and one of the world's major international faiths.

In Tlecoyanist mythology, a benevolent fire god known as the Flame (Cuezatzin) or more commonly as Lord Fire (Xiuhtotecuiyo), a god who belongs to a broader pantheon of primordial gods and mythical figures which Tlecoyanists recognize but do not worship, is believed to have secretly gifted blessed fire ( Tlateochihualtletl) to a race of animalistic proto-humans who lived in caves and had white pupils and rough scaly skin. This imbued them with fiery souls and caused their skin to become soft and their eyes to darken which allowed them to leave the caves in which they lived. However, the other primordial gods discovered Lord Fire's violation of the natural order and attempted to destroy him and return humanity to its soulless, animalistic form. A dying Lord Fire spoke to wanderer named Tletlacatli, who became his messenger to the humans who had begun to build the first civilization amidst the wild lands. Tletlacatli told the humans that Lord Fire could no longer sustain the fire within their souls which kept them from death or devolution, and taught them to command fire of their own to sustain themselves and save the first civilization. In carrying the word of Lord Fire and saving the tribes of man Tletlacatli became the first Fire-Bringer (Tlecoyani), a messianic figure serving as prophet of fire and savior of humanity. Out of gratitude for Lord Fire, the tribes of man struck an eternal pact with Lord Fire to keep the god alive through sacrifice and ritual in exchange for his continued protection and patronage of mankind. The Tlecoyanist scriptures and sacred codices (Teoamoxtli) are taken as the word of the Tlecoyani relaying knowledge of the divine, detailing the creation of the universe, the pantheon of gods and sprits including Lord Fire and his enemies, as well as the requests and wishes of Lord Fire for humanity which serve as the outline for Tlecoyanist practice and belief.