Mictecacihuatl
Aztec/Mexica · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Skeletal queen of Mictlan and the dead; consort of Mictlantecuhtli.
Domains
- death
- underworld
Powers
- Reign over Mictlan beside Mictlantecuhtli
- Watch over the collected bones of the dead
- Guard the bones of the dead in Mictlan
Epithets
- Mictēcacihuātl Lady of the DeadSahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 3, Appendix (primary)
- Mictlāncihuātl Lady of MictlanCodex Borgia; Miller & Taube (1993) (secondary)
Relations
- interpretatio: Xonaxi QuecuyaXonaxi Quecuya is the female Zapotec death-deity and consort of Bezelao, the counterpart of Mictecacihuatl, female ruler of the Aztec underworld.Lind, Ancient Zapotec Religion (2015); Caso & Bernal, Urnas de Oaxaca (1952); Miller & Taube (1993) (secondary)
- spouse: MictlantecuhtliLord and lady of Mictlan, confronted together by Quetzalcoatl during the theft of the ancestral bones.Codex Chimalpopoca (Leyenda de los Soles) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Books I, III (primary)