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  2. Nahuatl name - Wikipedia

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    Aztec female names from the 1540 Census n=1205 [1] 1st Component 2nd Component Commonality Frequency Nahuatl IPA English Nahuatl IPA English Nahuatl IPA English 1st 313 Tēyacapan [teːjaˈkapan] first born non-name form --> tēyacapantli [teːjakaˈpant͡ɬi] first born 2nd 182 Tlahco [ˈt͡ɬaʔko] middle (born) 3rd 182 Teicuih [teˈikʷiʔ]

  3. List of Aztec gods and supernatural beings - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of gods and supernatural beings from the Aztec culture, its religion and mythology. Many of these deities are sourced from Codexes (such as the Florentine Codex (Bernardino de Sahagún), the Codex Borgia (Stefano Borgia), and the informants). They are all divided into gods and goddesses, in sections.

  4. Tlaltecuhtli - Wikipedia

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    According to Miller, "Tlaltecuhtli literally means 'Earth Lord,' but most Aztec representations clearly depict this creature as female, and despite the expected male gender of the name, some sources call Tlaltecuhtli a goddess. [She is] usually in a hocker, or birth-giving squat, with head flung backwards and her mouth of flint blades open." [8]

  5. Tōnacācihuātl - Wikipedia

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    The god's name is a compound of two Nahuatl words: tōnacā and cihuātl. [8] While cihuātl can be translated "woman" or "lady", tōnacā presents several possible interpretations. Some read this root as tonacā (without the long 'o'), consisting of nacatl , meaning "human flesh" or "food", with the possessive prefix to ("our").

  6. Category:Aztec legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Aztec legendary creatures" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  7. List of animal names - Wikipedia

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    In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]

  8. Ītzpāpālōtl - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Malinalxochitl - Wikipedia

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    In Aztec mythology, Malinalxochitl, or Malīnalxōch, [1] (Classical Nahuatl: Malīnalxōchitl [maliːnaɬˈʃoːtʃitɬ], from Nahuatl malinalli "grass" and xochitl "flower") was a sorceress and goddess of snakes, scorpions, and insects of the desert. [2] [3] She claimed the title Cihuacoatl, meaning "Woman Serpent" or "Snake Woman". [4]