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Pasztory concluded that the figures represented a vegetation and fertility goddess that was a predecessor of the much later Aztec goddess Xochiquetzal. In 1983, Karl Taube termed this goddess the "Teotihuacan Spider Woman". The more neutral description of this deity as the "Great Goddess" has since gained currency.
Ītzpāpalōtl [a] ("Obsidian Butterfly") was a goddess in Aztec religion.. She was a striking skeletal warrior and death goddess and the queen of the Tzitzimimeh.She ruled over the paradise world of Tamōhuānchān, the paradise of victims of infant mortality and the place identified as where humans were created.
In the mantic calendar, howler monkey (Batz [pronunciation?]), corresponding to spider monkey (Ozomatli [pronunciation?]) in the Aztec system, denotes the 11th day, which is associated with the arts. In the Long Count (see Maya calendar ), the Howler Monkey can personify the day-unit, [ 8 ] which connects him to the priestly arts of calendrical ...
An Aztec hemispherical iron pyrite mirror in the collection of the Musée de l'Homme in Paris has a sculpted representation of the wind god Ehecatl on its convex back. [79] Xipe Totec, "Our Lord the Flayed One", was the Aztec god of rebirth. [80] One of his names was Tlatlauquitzezcatl, meaning "Red Mirror" or "Mirror of Fiery Brightness". [81]
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The name Quetzalcoatl comes from Nahuatl and means "Precious serpent" or "Quetzal-feathered Serpent". [15] In the 17th century, Ixtlilxóchitl, a descendant of Aztec royalty and historian of the Nahua people, wrote, "Quetzalcoatl, in its literal sense, means 'serpent of precious feathers' but in the allegorical sense, 'wisest of men'."
The spider web is used as a motif to adorn dark passageways, depicting the recesses of the unknown. [87] A spider is the calling card for the criminal gang in Fritz Lang's 1919~1920 serial, The Spiders. Spider themes are featured in early film history.
This is a list of earth deities.An Earth god or Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth associated with a figure with chthonic or terrestrial attributes. There are many different Earth goddesses and gods in many different cultures mythology.