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Xochiquetzal, from the Codex Rios, 16th century.. In Aztec mythology, Xochiquetzal (Classical Nahuatl: Xōchiquetzal [ʃoːt͡ʃiˈket͡saɬ]), also called Ichpochtli Classical Nahuatl: Ichpōchtli [itʃˈpoːtʃtɬi], meaning "maiden"), [7] was a goddess associated with fertility, beauty, and love, serving as a protector of young mothers and a patroness of pregnancy, childbirth, and the ...
Xochitlicue (meaning in Nahuatl 'the one that has her skirt of flowers') is the Aztec goddess of fertility, patroness of life and death, guide of rebirth, younger sister of Coatlicue, Huitzilopochtli's mother according Codex Florentine; and Chimalma, Quetzalcoatl's mother according to Codex Chimalpopoca. [1]
Chimalma, goddess of fertility, life, death, and rebirth. Xochitlicue, goddess of fertility, life, death, and rebirth. Ītzpāpālōtl, death and sacrifice goddess, ruler of the Tzitzimimeh. Toci, goddess of healing. Toci has also been under the name of "Teteoinnan". Temazcalteci, goddess of maternity associated with Toci.
Goddess of fertility, patroness of life and death, guide of rebirth ... t͡ʃiːmalmaː/ is a goddess in Aztec ... of the Chīmalmā story depending on which tribe ...
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 gods") is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Huītzilōpōchtli, the god of the sun and war.
Tlaltecuhtli, old god/goddess of earth (changed in the landscape and atmosphere) Chicomecoatl, goddess of agriculture, whose name means "seven-serpent" Centeotl, god of the maize associated with the Tianquiztli (Pleiades) Xilonen, goddess of tender maize; Matron goddesses. Coatlicue, goddess of fertility, life, death and rebirth
During Tecuilhuitontli, the seventh month of the Aztec calendar which occurred in June, there was a festival in her honor. [1] During the festival, one woman was considered to be the ixiptla, or the embodiment, of Huixtocihuatl. That woman would be sacrificed by the end of the festival. [8]
In Aztec mythology, Tōnacācihuātl (Nahuatl pronunciation: [toːnakaːˈsiwaːt͡ɬ]) was a creator and goddess of fertility, worshiped for peopling the earth and making it fruitful. [3] Most Colonial-era manuscripts equate her with Ōmecihuātl. [4] Tōnacācihuātl was the consort of Tōnacātēcuhtli. [5]