Tonacacihuatl

Female member of the primordial couple in Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 1. The couple inhabits the thirteenth heaven; the account names four sons, including Quetzalcoatl. Its narrative does not supply the couple with named parents.

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

No parents recorded in the default.

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Pinturas chapter 1: self-created pair

  deity by descent in this account.

  No parents recorded in this account.

  Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 1 (sixteenth-century account); Phillips 1883, pp. 616–617 (primary)

Children in alternative accounts

• Huitzilopochtli: Historia de los Mexicanos, chapter 1: creator coupleHistoria de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 1 (sixteenth-century account); Phillips 1883, pp. 616–617 (primary)
• Quetzalcoatl: Historia de los Mexicanos, chapter 1: creator coupleHistoria de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 1 (sixteenth-century account); Phillips 1883, pp. 616–617 (primary)
• Tezcatlipoca: Historia de los Mexicanos, chapter 1: creator coupleHistoria de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 1 (sixteenth-century account); Phillips 1883, pp. 616–617 (primary)
• Mixcoatl: Historia de los Mexicanos, chapter 1: creator couple (Camaxtli identification)Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 1 (sixteenth-century account); Phillips 1883, pp. 616–617 (primary)

Domains

• creation

Relations

• spouse: TonacatecuhtliThe other half.Reference treatment of the pair as a husband-and-wife duo. (secondary)
• counterpart of: OmeteotlAs with her husband: the registry's Ometeotl is the fused form, and whether the fusion is Aztec or modern is disputed.Reference treatment of Ometeotl as the fused form of this pair. (secondary)

Sources

• Tonacacihuatl, also called Omecihuatl, is the female half of the Mexica primordial couple who rule Omeyocan, the highest of the thirteen heavens.: Reference treatments of Tonacacihuatl, Omecihuatl and Omeyocan. (secondary)
• Female member of the primordial couple in Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 1. The couple inhabits the thirteenth heaven; the account names four sons, including Quetzalcoatl. Its narrative does not supply the couple with named parents.: Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 1 (sixteenth-century account); Phillips 1883, pp. 616–617 (primary)