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The status of Aztec women has changed throughout the history of the civilization. In the early days of the Aztecs, before they settled in Tenochtitlan, women owned property and had roughly equal legal and economic rights. As an emphasis on warfare increased, so too did ideas of male dominance. Women did not participate in warfare except as ...
A figure of a cihuateotl, the spirit of an Aztec woman who died in childbirth. In Aztec mythology, the Cihuateteo (/ s iː ˌ w ɑː t ɪ ˈ t eɪ oʊ /; Classical Nahuatl: Cihuātēteoh, in singular Cihuātēotl) or "Divine Women", were the spirits of women who died in childbirth. [1] They were likened to the spirits of male warriors who died ...
Mayahuel (Nahuatl pronunciation:) is the female deity associated with the maguey plant among cultures of central Mexico in the Postclassic era of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology, and in particular of the Aztec cultures.
Cihuātēteōh, the spirits of women who died in childbirth. Cihuateteo were likened to the spirits of male warriors who died in violent conflict, because childbirth was conceptually equivalent to the battles of Aztec culture. They lurk in temples or lie in wait at crossroads and are ghastly to behold. Tzitzimītl (sg. / Tzitzimīmeh, pl ...
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").
Chalchiuhtlicue was highly revered in Aztec culture at the time of the Spanish conquest, and she was an important deity figure in the Postclassic Aztec realm of central Mexico. [5] Chalchiuhtlicue belongs to a larger group of Aztec rain gods, [6] and she is closely related to another Aztec water god called Chalchiuhtlatonal. [7]
Chalchiuhnenetzin ('noble jade doll'; chal-cheeoo-neh-NEH-tseen) was an Aztec princess of Tenochtitlan, and a Queen consort of Tlatelolco by marriage to Moquihuix of Tlatelolco. She is foremost known in history for the famous legends about her lovers.
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]