Coatlicue
Aztec/Mexica · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Earth and mother goddess of Coatepec; mother of Huitzilopochtli, Coyolxauhqui and the Centzonhuitznahua.
Children
Domains
- earth
- life and death
- motherhood and fertility
Powers
- Conceive divine offspring from a ball of down
Epithets
- Tēteoh īnnān 'Mother of the Gods' — title borne by the earth-mother (Coatlicue/Toci), invoked by midwives and curersSahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1, ch. 8 (Teteoinnan); Book 6, ch. 27–30 (midwives' prayers) (primary chronicle)
- Tocih 'Our Grandmother' — venerable title of the earth-mother goddess, honoured at the feast OchpaniztliSahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 2 (the feast Ochpaniztli) (primary chronicle)
Relations
- ancestor of: HuitzilopochtliCoatlicue conceives and bears Huitzilopochtli at Coatepec; recorded as a descent relation since Huitzilopochtli already lists her as mother.Sahagun, Florentine Codex / Historia General, Book 3 (birth of Huitzilopochtli at Coatepec) (primary)
- ancestor of: CoyolxauhquiMother of Coyolxauhqui and the Centzonhuitznahua; Coyolxauhqui already lists Coatlicue as parent.Sahagun, Florentine Codex, Book 3 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book III; Book I (primary)