Coyolxauhqui
Aztec/Mexica · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Moon/warrior goddess decapitated and dismembered by Huitzilopochtli at Coatepec.
Parentage
- parent: Coatlicue
Domains
- moon
- war leadership
Powers
- Lead the four-hundred Huitznahua star-warriors
- Rouse her brothers to assault Coatepec
Epithets
- Coyolxāuhqui Painted-with-Bells / She-of-the-Golden-BellsMiller & Taube, The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya (1993) (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: HuitzilopochtliBoth children of Coatlicue in the Coatepec narrative.Sahagun, Florentine Codex, Book 3 (primary)
- killed by: HuitzilopochtliDecapitated and dismembered by the newborn Huitzilopochtli at Coatepec.Sahagun, Florentine Codex, Book 3 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book III; Templo Mayor Coyolxauhqui monolith (primary)