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Tlazolteotl
Sign in to savethumb|From the Codex Borbonicus, this shows the 13th [[trecena of the Aztec sacred calendar (tonalpohualli). The deity Tlazolteotl is wearing a flayed human skin and giving birth to Cinteotl. The 13 day-signs of this trecena, starting with 1 Earthquake, begin at the bottom left and wrap around.]] In Aztec mythology, Tlahzolteōtl (or , ) is a deity of sex, sexuality, lust, carnality, sin, vice, impurity, temptation, fertility, purification, absolution, steam baths, and a patroness of adulterers. She is known by three names, ("she who eats or filthy excrescence [sin]") and ("the death caused by
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tlazolteotl is referenced by 173 other articles, and connects out to Itzpapalotl, Tonacacihuatl and Xochipilli.
It sits within the topics Aztec goddesses, Earth goddesses and Love and lust goddesses.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Aztec
- Deity.name
- Tlahzolteōtl
- Deity.image
- Tlazoteotl 7.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Tlahzolteōtl as depicted in the Codex Borgia
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of Sex, Sexuality, Lust, and Purification
- Deity.other_names
- Tlahēlcuāni, Tlahzōlmiquiztli, Īxcuinān
- Deity.member_of
- the Nauhtzonteteo
- Deity.abode
- Tlalticpac
- Deity.parents
- Omecihuatl (Emerged by Tecpatl)
- Deity.siblings
- the Nauhtzonteteo (1,600 gods)
- Deity.children
- With Piltzintecuhtli: Cinteotl (Codex Florentine)
- Deity.gender
- Female
- Deity.region
- Mesoamerica
- Deity.ethnic_group
- Aztec (Nahua)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- goddess
- Gender
- female
- Child
- Xochiquetzal
- Image
- Tlazotéotl 5.jpg
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- Tlazolteotl
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Aztec religion
- Quadripartite deities
- Sin
- Forgiveness of sin
- Purification
- Dirt eating
- Festival
- In popular culture
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|From the Codex Borbonicus, this shows the 13th [[trecena of the Aztec sacred calendar (tonalpohualli). The deity Tlazolteotl is wearing a flayed human skin and giving birth to Cinteotl. The 13 day-signs of this trecena, starting with 1 Earthquake, begin at the bottom left and wrap around.]] In Aztec mythology, Tlahzolteōtl (or , ) is a deity of sex, sexuality, lust, carnality, sin, vice, impurity, temptation, fertility, purification, absolution, steam baths, and a patroness of adulterers. She is known by three names, ("she who eats or filthy excrescence [sin]") and ("the death caused by lust"), and or (, Deity of Cotton), the latter of which refers to a quadripartite association of four sister deities.
is the deity for the 13th of the sacred 260-day calendar Tōnalpōhualli, the one beginning with the day , or First Movement. She is associated with the day sign of the jaguar.
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