Mictecacihuatl

Aztec/Mexica · deity · cosmogonic · deity

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
Mictlāncihuātl

Relations

interpretatio: Xonaxi Quecuya
spouse: Mictlantecuhtli

Sources

Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Books I, III

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