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Cozauism is a monotheistic faith and religious movement originating as an offshoot of traditional Tlateotoca. The foundational text and holy book to the Cozauists is the Teocuezalin, a text that preaches the worship of the Turqoise Lord of fire and time, Xiuhtecuhtli, as the supreme being and origin of all things. The deities of many indigenous pantheons of ancient Zacapican are reinterpreted as the earliest children of Xiuhtecuhtli, some of whom are portrayed as benevolent beings who serve as loyal intermediaries between Xiuhtecutli and humanity while others have become jealous of their father's love for humanity and become treasonous entities acting against the divine will. The origins of the Teocuezalin are relatively obscure, as the identity of its author or authors and the precise date of its writing remain a mystery. Nevertheless the text would be popularized by the priest-king Cozauh in the 10th century, a great conquerer who styled himself Centlatoani or universal ruler and adopted the Teocuezalin as his personal guiding text in religious matters. Cozauh would go on to establish a clerical heirarchy and militant temple institution which facilitated the conversion to many polytheists across his territory to the singular worship of Xiuhtecuhtli and aided in the administration of the empire. The Cozauist temple would outlive the fall of Cozauh's empire, which splintered shortlty after his death, and would be propagated across Zacapican and the wider world by the empire of Aztapamatlan. Today, Cozauism is a global faith with many millions of followers across the Oxidentale, Malaio and the Ozeros region.