Ix Chel

Lunar goddess of childbirth, medicine and weaving; her aged Chak Chel aspect pours the flood.

Domains

• moon
• childbirth and medicine
• weaving

Powers

• Aid women in conception and childbirth
• Pour destroying flood-waters from a jar (as Chak Chel)

Epithets

• Chak Chel latin · Chak Chel · cultGreat/Red Rainbow; the aged jaguar-goddess of weaving, medicine, and birthDresden Codex (Goddess O) (primary); Taube, The Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan (secondary)

Relations

• spouse: ItzamnaReciprocal of maya_itzamna.spouse — God D and the aged goddess O (Chak Chel aspect) are paired in Yucatec cosmology as the old creator couple.Miller & Taube, An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya (1993) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Landa, Relación de las cosas de Yucatán; Dresden Codex; Madrid Codex (primary)