Xochiquetzal
Aztec/Mexica · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Goddess of flowers, beauty, sexual love and the textile arts.
Children
Domains
- flowers and beauty
- love and sexuality
- weaving and crafts
Powers
- Inspire weavers, embroiderers and artisans
- Govern flowers, beauty, sexual pleasure and love
Epithets
- Ichpōchtli 'the Maiden / the Young Woman' — epithet of Xochiquetzal as the eternally youthful goddess of flowers and loveSahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1, ch. 19; Book 2 (the feast of the flower-goddess) (primary chronicle)
Relations
- spouse: TlalocFirst wife of Tlaloc until Tezcatlipoca carried her off.Munoz Camargo, Historia de Tlaxcala (primary)
Sources
- existence: Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Books I, IV; Codex Borbonicus (primary)