Chimalman

Mortal woman of Huitznahuac. Conceived Topiltzin from Mixcoatl after he shot her with arrows that she caught and returned. Died in childbirth.

Children

• Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl

Children in alternative accounts

• Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl: Mendieta account as reported by Brinton: Camaxtli and ChimalmanDaniel G. Brinton, American Hero-Myths (1882), chapter III, section 1: Chimalman parentage narratives and their cited witnesses (secondary)
• Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl: Jade conception as reported by Brinton: ChimalmanDaniel G. Brinton, American Hero-Myths (1882), chapter III, section 1: Chimalman parentage narratives and their cited witnesses (secondary)
• Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl: Divine breath account as reported by BrintonDaniel G. Brinton, American Hero-Myths (1882), chapter III, section 1: Chimalman parentage narratives and their cited witnesses (secondary)
• Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl: Ancestral father account as reported by BrintonDaniel G. Brinton, American Hero-Myths (1882), chapter III, section 1: Chimalman parentage narratives and their cited witnesses (secondary)

Variant accounts

• reported-conception-accountsBrinton reports different colonial narratives: conception by divine breath, by swallowing jade, and through Camaxtli. These witnesses should not be collapsed into a single biological event; the original codex commentaries still require direct verification.Daniel G. Brinton, American Hero-Myths (1882), chapter III, section 1: Chimalman parentage narratives and their cited witnesses (secondary)
• Reported apotheosisBrinton reports death in childbirth and a heavenly name Chalchihuitzli in a codex-commentary account. This is a secondary report, not a directly verified glyph reading or a separate named person.Daniel G. Brinton, American Hero-Myths (1882), chapter III, section 1: Chimalman parentage narratives and their cited witnesses (secondary)

Powers

• Caught arrows shot at her in her bare hand
• Conceived Quetzalcoatl by swallowing a piece of jade

Relations

• lover: MixcoatlReciprocal of mixcoatl.lover — Mixcoatl shot arrows at Chimalman of Huitznahuac, then begot Topiltzin Ce Acatl on her; she died bearing him.Codex Chimalpopoca (Leyenda de los Soles) (primary)
• spouse: Iztac MixcoatlAlternative ancestral marriage account as reported by Brinton; not merged with the Camaxtli account.Daniel G. Brinton, American Hero-Myths (1882), chapter III, section 1: Chimalman parentage narratives and their cited witnesses (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Anales de Cuauhtitlán (primary); Sahagún, Florentine Codex Bk. III (primary)