Coyolxauhqui

Aztec/Mexica · deity · cosmogonic · deity

Moon/warrior goddess decapitated and dismembered by Huitzilopochtli at Coatepec.

Parentage

Coatlicue

Domains

moon
war leadership

Powers

Lead the four-hundred Huitznahua star-warriors
Rouse her brothers to assault Coatepec

Epithets

Coyolxāuhqui

Relations

sibling: Huitzilopochtli
killed by: Huitzilopochtli

Sources

Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book III; Templo Mayor Coyolxauhqui monolith

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