Mayahuel
Mayahuel () is the female deity associated with the maguey plant among cultures of central Mexico in the Postclassic era of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology, and in particular of the Aztec cultures. As the personification of the maguey plant, Mayahuel is also part of a complex of interrelated maternal and fertility goddesses in Aztec religion and is also connected with notions of fecundity and nourishment.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Aztec
- Deity.name
- Mayahuel
- Deity.image
- Mayahuel.svg
- Deity.caption
- Mayahuel as depicted in the Codex Rios
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of maguey
- Deity.member_of
- the Nauhtzonteteo
- Deity.gender
- Female
- Deity.abode
- the volcano Popocatépetl
- Deity.consort
- Patecatl
- Deity.parents
- Omecihuatl (Emerged by Tecpatl)
- Deity.siblings
- the Nauhtzonteteo (1,600 gods)
- Deity.children
- Centzon Tōtōchtin (400 rabbits)
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Origins from the maguey plant
- Gallery of depictions in primary sources
- Notes
- References
Mayahuel () is the female deity associated with the maguey plant among cultures of central Mexico in the Postclassic era of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology, and in particular of the Aztec cultures. As the personification of the maguey plant, Mayahuel is also part of a complex of interrelated maternal and fertility goddesses in Aztec religion and is also connected with notions of fecundity and nourishment.
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