Coatlicue
Sign in to saveCoatlicue (; , , "skirt of snakes"), wife of Mixcōhuātl, also known as '''''' (, "mother of the gods") is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Huītzilōpōchtli, the god of the sun and war. The goddesses Toci "our grandmother" and Cihuacōātl "snake woman", the patron of women who die in childbirth, were also seen as aspects of Cōātlīcue.
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- Deity.ethnic_group
- Aztec (Mexica)
- Deity.other_names
- Tēteoh īnnan, "the deities, their mother"; Ilamatēuctli, "old mistress"; Tonāntzin, "our mother"; Tocih, "our grandmother"; Cōzcamiyāuh, "corn tassel necklace"; Cihuācōātl, "snake woman"; Cōātlāntonān, "our mother of Coatlan"
- Deity.consort
- Mixcoatl (Codex Florentine)
- Deity.siblings
- Chimalma and Xochitlicue (Codex Ríos)
- Deity.parents
- Tlaltecuhtli and Tlalcihuatl
- Deity.children
- • With Mixcoatl: Huitzilopochtli, Coyolxauhqui and the Centzon Huitznahuac (Codex Florentine)• With Camaxtle-Mixcoatl or Tonatiuh: the Centzon Mimixcoa (Codex Ramirez)
- Deity.gender
- Female
- Deity.region
- Mesoamerica
- Deity.type
- Aztec
- Deity.name
- Coatlicue
- Deity.image
- Coatlicue.png
- Deity.caption
- Statue of Coatlicue displayed in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City
- Deity.deity_of
- Mother of the GodsGoddess of Earth, Nature, Fertility, Life and Death
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Coatlicue (; , , "skirt of snakes"), wife of Mixcōhuātl, also known as '''''' (, "mother of the gods") is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Huītzilōpōchtli, the god of the sun and war. The goddesses Toci "our grandmother" and Cihuacōātl "snake woman", the patron of women who die in childbirth, were also seen as aspects of Cōātlīcue.
== Etymology == The goddess' Classical Nahuatl name can be rendered both Cōātlīcue and Cōātl īcue, from cōātl "snake" and īcue "her skirt", roughly meaning "[she who has] the skirt of snakes". The name Tēteoh īnnān, from tēteoh, plural of teōtl "god", + īnnān "their mother", refers directly to her maternal role.