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non-name form --> Cihuātōntli [siwaːˈtoːnt͡ɬi] little woman additional Aztec female names from a 1590 document [2] 1st Component 2nd Component Nahuatl IPA English Nahuatl IPA English Nahuatl IPA English Papā flag non-name form --> pāmitl [ˈpaːmit͡ɬ] flag Ēlōxōchitl [eːloːˈʃoːt͡ʃit͡ɬ] magnolia: ēlōtl [ˈeːloːt͡ɬ]
The fifth sun is identified with Tonatiuh, Nanahuatzin was the youngest of three boys and a girl named "Xochicihuatl" who had emerged from the fruit of the gourd-tree (Crescentia cujete), which in turn had grown from the head of a woman that had flown into the night while her body slept. (The head attached itself to a startled deer, and the ...
For girls the three objects had to do with homemaking: a basket, a broom, and a spindle. [27] And there were five objects for boys, which had to do with male professions: an obsidian blade representing a featherworker, a brush for a scribe, an awl that carpenters work with, a tool used by goldsmiths, and shields with a bow and arrow for a ...
Toci has also been under the name of "Teteoinnan". Temazcalteci, goddess of maternity associated with Toci. Quilaztli, aztec patron of midwives. Quilaztli is also known as Cōhuācihuātl (serpent woman), Cuāuhcihuātl (eagle woman) or Ocēlōcihuātl (jaguar woman), Pāpalōcihuātl (butterfly woman), Cihuāyāōtl (warrior woman), and ...
[8] [9] The name may reflect one's birth relationship to the Aztec calendar, being granted a name from an elder, or carefully selecting a name that reflects one's personality. [8] [9] Some common names include: Cuahtémoc or Cuautemoc, the last Aztec tlatoani of Tenochitlan [1] [5] [2] Citlalli, star [5] Mixtli, cloud [5]
It was recorded on an early-16th century census of the Aztec people in the villages of Huitzillan and Quauchichinollan, where it was found to be the tenth most common name among boys. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In a 1590 census, the boys name Xōchipepe (flower gatherer) was recorded, as well as the girls' names of Ēlōxōchitl ( magnolia ), Miyāoaxōchitl ...
[14] [15] She was depicted with ochre-colored symbols of divine excrement around her mouth and nose. [15] In the Aztec language the word for sacred, tzin , comes from tzintli , the buttocks, and religious rituals include offerings of "liquid gold" (urine) and gold (Nahuatl teocuitlatl "divine excrement", which Klein jocularly translated to ...
Xōchipilli [ʃoːt͡ʃiˈpilːi] is the god of beauty, youth, love, passion, sex, sexuality, fertility, arts, song, music, dance, painting, writing, games, playfulness, nature, vegetation and flowers in Aztec mythology. His name contains the Nahuatl words xōchitl ("flower") and pilli (either "prince" or "child") and hence means "flower prince".