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ACUECUCYOTICIHUATI
was the goddess of the ocean. Closely associated with Chalchiuhtlicue.
Aztec women appeal to her as they go into labor. Also: Acuecueyotl.
Goddess of the running water in rivers, streams, and waves on the
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ATLACAMANI
was the goddess of ocean storms. |
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ATLACOYA
was the goddess of drought. |
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ATLATONIN
was one of the names for the Aztec mother goddess. |
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AYAUHTEOTL
was the goddess of fog and mist in the early morning or at night.
She is associated with fame and vanity. |
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CHALCHIHUITLICUE
unleashed the flood (to punish the wicked) that the destroyed
the fourth world (according to the Aztecs, we are in the fifth world).
She ruled over all the waters of the earth: oceans, rivers, rain,
etc. The wife/sister of Tlaloc. The goddess of running water, and
of fertility; she was also associated with marriage. |
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CHICOMECOATL
was a maize goddess. She appeared in multiple forms: a maiden
adorned with water flowers, a young woman whose embrace brought
death, and a mother carrying the sun as a shield. The goddess of
plenty, she was the female aspect of the corn. |
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CIPACTLI
was the Earth Monster to whom Tezcatlipoca sacrificed his foot. |
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COYOLXAUHQUI
was the goddess of the moon. One of the four hundred of Coatlique's
children killed by Huitzilopochtli, who when he saw his mother's
grief at this particular death (she did not mourn the others), cut
off Coyolxauhqui's head and threw it high into the sky where it
became the moon, so that his mother might take comfort nightly from
the sight of her daughter in the sky. |
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EHECATL
was the god of the wind. He brought love to the human race when
he aroused desire in the maiden Mayahuel. Their love was made manifest
by a beautiful tree which grew upon the spot where they landed on
earth. |
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HUEHUETEOTL
was the god of fire. He was the oldest god in the Aztec pantheon. |
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HUITZILOPOCHTLI
was the god of war and the protector of the city, was the blazing
midday sun. He was depicted with hummingbird feathers on his head
and left leg, his face black, and brandishing a serpent made of
turquoise. The story goes that Coatlicue, the mother of Coyolxauhqui
(night) and of four hundred stellar divinities was praying when
a bunch of feathers fell from heaven. She placed them in her bodice
and, shortly afterwards, discovered she was pregnant. Her children
reproached her for this belated pregnancy and discussed killing
her. But Huitzilopochtli emerged fully armed from her womb, wearing
blue armor and carrying a blue lance and the "turquoise serpent",
and massacred his brothers and sisters. |
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