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Mictēcacihuātl as depicted in the Codex Borgia. Mictēcacihuātl (Nahuatl pronunciation: [mik.teː.kaˈsi.waːt͡ɬ], meaning "Lady of the Dead"), in Aztec mythology, is a death deity and consort of Mictlāntēcutli, god of the dead and ruler of Mictlān, the lowest level of the underworld.
Mictlan is believed to be ruled by King Mictlantecuhtli ("Lord of the Underworld") [2] and his wife, Mictecacihuatl ("Lady of the Underworld"). [ 3 ] Other deities in Mictlan include Cihuacoatl (who commanded Mictlan spirits called Cihuateteo ), Acolmiztli , Chalmecacihuilt , Chalmecatl and Acolnahuacatl .
Mictecacihuatl, goddess of death and ruler of Mictlan (the Underworld). Itztlacoliuhqui, god of darkness, storms, disasters and frost. Sacrifice gods Itzpapalotltotec, god of sacrifice; Itzpapalotlcihuatl, goddess of sacrifice; Tlaloc, god of thunder, rain and the earth. He is also a fertility god.
Mictecacihuatl, goddess of the Underworld (Mictlan) Centeotl, god of maize; Tlaloc, god of rain, lightning and thunder. He is a fertility god. Quetzalcoatl, god of life, light and wisdom, lord of the winds and the day, ruler of the West. Tezcatlipoca, god of providence, the darkness and the invisible, lord of the night, ruler of the North.
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Meteoric iron or "sky-iron" (Tib. gnam lcags) is the supreme substance for forging the physical representation of the vajra or other iron weapons, since it has already been tempered by the celestial gods in its passage across the heavens. The indivisibility of form and emptiness is a perfect metaphor for the image of a meteorite or "stone ...
There is evidence that iron was known from before 5000 BC. [15] The oldest known iron objects used by humans are some beads of meteoric iron, made in Egypt in about 4000 BC. The discovery of smelting around 3000 BC led to the start of the Iron Age around 1200 BC [16] and the prominent use of iron for tools and weapons. [17]
Iron was never smelted by Native Americans, thus the New World never entered a proper "Iron Age" before European discovery, and the term is not used of the Americas. But there was limited use of native (unsmelted) iron ore, from magnetite, iron pyrite and ilmenite (iron–titanium), especially in the Andes (Chavin and Moche cultures) and ...