Tonacacihuatl
Sign in to saveIn Aztec mythology, '''''' () was a creator and goddess of fertility, worshiped for peopling the earth and making it fruitful. Most Colonial-era manuscripts equate her with . was the consort of . She is also referred to as Ilhuicacihuātl or "Heavenly Lady."
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 151 inbound references to Tonacacihuatl, and connects out to Tōnacātēcuhtli, Itzpapalotl and Huitzilopochtli.
It is catalogued under topics including Aztec fertility goddesses, Aztec goddesses and Creator goddesses.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Aztec
- Deity.name
- Tonacacihuatl
- Deity.image
- Tonacacihuatl TellerianoRemensis.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Tōnacācihuātl as depicted in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of the Creation
- Deity.other_names
- Ometeotl, Omecihuatl, Citlalcueitl
- Deity.abode
- Omeyocan (Thirteenth Heaven)
- Deity.parents
- None (self-created)
- Deity.siblings
- None
- Deity.consort
- Tonacatecuhtli (Codex Zumarraga)
- Deity.children
- • With Ometecuhtli: Xipe-Totec, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli (Codex Zumarraga)• By fecund action: the 1,600 gods Nauhtzonteteo (Tecpatl)
- Deity.gender
- Female
- Deity.region
- Mesoamerica
- Deity.ethnic_group
- Aztec, Tlaxcaltec, Toltec (Nahoa)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Origin and role
- Nauhtzonteteo
- Notes
- References
In Aztec mythology, '''''' () was a creator and goddess of fertility, worshiped for peopling the earth and making it fruitful. Most Colonial-era manuscripts equate her with . was the consort of . She is also referred to as Ilhuicacihuātl or "Heavenly Lady."
Tonacacihuatl is depicted in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tonacacihuatl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.