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Coatlicue (/ k w ɑː t ˈ l iː k w eɪ /; Classical Nahuatl: cōātl īcue, Nahuatl pronunciation: [koː(w)aːˈt͡ɬiːkʷeː] ⓘ, "skirt of snakes"), wife of Mixcōhuātl, also known as Tēteoh īnnān (pronounced [teːˈtéoʔˈíːnːaːn̥], "mother of the deities") is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and ...
Huītzilōpōchtli springs from Coatlicue's womb fully armed and defends himself and his mother against Coyolxāuhqui. He dismembers his sister and fights his 400 brothers, the Centzonhuītznāhua In Aztec religion , Coyolxāuhqui ( Nahuatl pronunciation: [kojoɬˈʃaːʍki] , "Painted with Bells" [ 4 ] ) is a daughter of the goddess ...
Cuahuitlicac was Coatlicue's son and Huitzilopochtli's brother. Cuahuitlicac warned the unborn Huitzilopochtli that Coatlicue's other 400 children were planning to kill her to prevent the birth of Huitzilopochtli. Cuahuitlicac is a god of the northern stars as part of the Centzonmimixcoa. Centzonhuitznāhuah, the 400 gods of the southern stars.
The Coatlicue statue is one of the most famous surviving Aztec sculptures. It is a 2.52 metre (8.3 ft) tall andesite statue by an unidentified Mexica artist. [ 1 ] Although there are many debates about what or who the statue represents, it is usually identified as the Aztec deity Coatlicue ("Snakes-Her-Skirt"). [ 2 ]
The most popular variation including Coatlicue depicts her giving birth first to the Tzitzimitl. Much later she gave birth to Huitzilopochtli when a mysterious ball of feathers appeared to her. The Tzitzimitl then decapitated the pregnant Coatlicue, believing it to be insulting that she had given birth to another child.
Another origin story tells of a fierce goddess, Coatlicue, being impregnated as she was sweeping by a ball of feathers on Mount Coatepec ("Serpent Hill"; near Tula, Hidalgo). [10] [11] [12] Her other children, who were already fully grown, were the four hundred male Centzonuitznaua and the female deity Coyolxauhqui.
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A third story narrates that Chimalman was hit in the womb by an arrow shot by Mixcoatl and nine months later she gave birth to a child which was called Quetzalcoatl. [24] A fourth story narrates that Quetzalcoatl was born from Coatlicue, who already had four hundred children who formed the stars of the Milky Way. [24]