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300px|thumb|Stone statue of Cihuacōātl, showing her framed by the mouth of a serpent, holding an ear of maize in her left hand.

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  • Functionary of Tenochtitlan
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Citations
  • References
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300px|thumb|Stone statue of Cihuacōātl, showing her framed by the mouth of a serpent, holding an ear of maize in her left hand.

Cihuacōātl was one of a number of motherhood and fertility goddesses in Aztec mythology. She was sometimes known as Quilaztli.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cihuacoatl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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