Ixchel
Also known as Ix Chel, Chak Chel
thumb|right|Ixchel in the Dresden Codex Ixchel or Ix Chel is the 16th-century name of the aged jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine in ancient Maya culture.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Maya
- Deity.name
- Ixchel
- Deity.deity_of
- Goddess of Fertility, midwifery, medicine, and water
- Deity.caption
- Reconstructed 2D-portrait of Ixchel
- Deity.other_names
- Ix Chel
- Deity.affiliation
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- Deity.associate
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- Deity.cult_center
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- Deity.cult_centre
- --> Cozumel, Tabasco
- Deity.abode
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- Deity.planet
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- Deity.world
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Identification
- Meaning of the name
- Confusion with the moon goddess
- Ixchel as an earth and a war goddess
- Ixchel as a rain goddess
- Mythology
- Cult of Ixchel
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|right|Ixchel in the Dresden Codex Ixchel or Ix Chel is the 16th-century name of the aged jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine in ancient Maya culture.
She corresponds to Toci, an Aztec earth goddess inhabiting the sweatbath. She is related to another Aztec goddess invoked at birth, viz. Cihuacoatl (or Ilamatecuhtli).