- In
Aztec mythology,
Cihuācōātl [s̻iwaˈkoː(ʷ)aːt͡ɬ] ("snake woman"; also
Cihuacóatl) was one of a
number of
motherhood and
fertility goddesses. She was...
- The
cihuacoatl (classical Nahuatl:
cihuācōātl [siwaːˈkoːaːtɬ], for "female twin") was a
supreme leader under the
Tlatoani (Aztec emperor), or an esteemed...
-
purview of the Huey tlatoani. It was the role of the
Cihuacoatl to
govern a
given city itself. The
Cihuacoatl was
always a
close relative of the Huey tlatoani;...
- sweatbath, and is
related to
another Aztec Goddess invoked at birth, viz.
Cihuacoatl (or Ilamatecuhtli). In Taube's
revised Sc****has-Zimmermann classification...
- The
Codex Borbonicus is an
Aztec codex written by
Aztec priests shortly before or
after the
Spanish conquest of the
Aztec Empire. It is
named after the...
- the god of the sun and war. The
goddesses Toci "our grandmother" and
Cihuacōātl "snake woman", the
patron of
women who die in childbirth, were also seen...
- 1420s, he was
promoted to
first adviser to the ruler, a
position called Cihuacoatl in Nahuatl, an
office that
Tlacaelel held
during the
reigns of four consecutive...
- cultures.
Scholars have
pointed out
similarities between La
Llorona and the
Cihuacōātl of
Aztec mythology, as well as Eve and
Lilith of
Hebrew mythology. Author...
-
other female deities such as Tlaltecuhtli, Coatlicue, Citlalicue, and
Cihuacoatl. The
leader of the
Tzitzimimeh was the
goddess Itzpapalotl who was the...
- to:
Snake Woman,
sister of
Chief Niwot and
mother of
Margaret Poisal Cihuacoatl,
literally "Snake Woman", an
Aztec goddess A snake-woman
hybrid in mythology...
