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Showing posts with label Aztecs. Show all posts

Goddess Tlazolteotl

 



Tlazolteotl: Aztec filth goddess

Pestilence, sin, and sickness, especially STDs, are all controlled by Tlazolteotl.

She also has jurisdiction over sexual offenses such as adultery and rape.

She is the Dark Maiden, who both inspires and cleanses sin.

Tlazolteotl's priests purified those who confessed their wrongdoings in a rebirthing ritual; those who lied were sentenced to death.

Tozi and Teteoinnan form a triad with her.


~Kiran Atma

Goddess Mayahuel

 




Mayahuel: Aztec alcohol goddess.

Mayahuel is the many-breasted goddess of the agave plant, which is used to make tequila and pulque.


She is the mother of a slew of rabbit gods, and she feeds them pulque from her 400 breasts, all of which generate the alcoholic beverage.


~Kiran Atma


Goddess Itzpapalotl




 

Aztec deity of the seasons, Itzpapalotl.

Itzpapalotl is the Dark Mother of Creation and Change, also known as the "Obsidian Knife Butterfly." 

Her furious temperament manifests in droughts, storms, and death, and she regulates the seasons of the year and agriculture.

Though she grants humanity relief from misery and anguish, she can only provide this liberation via death.

Itzpapalotl is shown as either a lovely lady or a skeleton with butterfly wings laced with swords.


~Kiran Atma

Who Is Goddess Coyolxauhqui?

 


 

The moon goddess of the Aztecs. Coyolxauhqui, the daughter of Coatlicue, is the one who encouraged her brothers and sisters to murder their mother. 

Her head was put in the sky and created the moon when her brother Huitzilopochtli killed her. She is portrayed with bells on her cheeks, and her name means "golden bells."