Mayahuel
Aztec/Mexica · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Maguey goddess and source of pulque; mother of the four-hundred drunken-rabbit gods.
Children
Domains
- maguey and pulque
- fertility and nourishment
Powers
- Yield aguamiel and pulque from her own body
- Suckle the gods of drink from her four-hundred breasts
Epithets
- Ōmetōchtli 'Two Rabbit' — the pulque-deity calendar-name associated with Mayahuel and the four-hundred Centzon Totochtin she nursesSahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1, ch. 22; Book 4 (the day-sign Tochtli and the pulque gods) (primary chronicle)
Relations
- lover: QuetzalcoatlEhecatl-Quetzalcoatl carried the maguey goddess down from the sky; they entwined as a forked tree.Histoyre du Mechique (primary)
Sources
- existence: Histoyre du Mechique; Codex Magliabechiano (primary)