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The name Xōchiquetzal is a compound of xōchitl (“flower”) and quetzalli (“precious feather; quetzal tail feather”). In Classical Nahuatl morphology, the first element in a compound modifies the second and thus the goddess' name can literally be taken to mean “flower precious feather” or ”flower quetzal feather”.
Tonantzin was a title for the maternal aspect of any Aztec goddess, not the name of a particular goddess. When it was used as a title for Mary, the maternal aspect of the Aztec Goddess could be read into the Spanish Marian cult by Nahua Christians.
Mercedes is a Spanish female name, derived from María de las Mercedes ("Our Lady of Mercy" or "Mary of Mercies"), which is one of the Roman Catholic titles of the Virgin Mary. The word "Mercedes" is of Latin origin meaning "mercies" (plural of mercy ) from the Latin word merced-, merces, meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired ...
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In the 1500s, Diego de Landa called Ixchel “the Goddess of making children”. [2] He also mentioned her as the goddess of medicine, as shown by the following. In the month of Zip, the feast Ihcil Ixchel was celebrated by the physicians and shamans (hechiceros), and divination stones as well as medicine bundles containing little idols of "the Goddess of medicine whom they called Ixchel" were ...
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]
Inez is a feminine given name. It is the English spelling of the Spanish and Portuguese name Inés/Inês/Inez, the forms of the given name "Agnes". The name is pronounced as / iː ˈ n ɛ z /, / aɪ ˈ n ɛ z /, or / aɪ ˈ n ɛ θ /. [citation needed] Agnes is a woman's given name, which derives from the Greek word hagnē, meaning "pure" or ...
Spanish mythology refers to the sacred myths of the cultures of Spain. They include Galician mythology, Asturian mythology , Cantabrian mythology, Catalan ...