Old Mother
Otomi · deity · primordial · deity
Otomi/Hñähñu (central Mexico). English 'Old Mother' leads; Otomi Zäna ('moon'), the Old Mother Pømbe. A lunar-earth goddess, consort of the Old Father / Otontecuhtli. Spelling Zäna uses the central-vowel diacritic of Otomi orthography.
Domains
- moon
- earth and fertility
Powers
- rule the night as moon and earth
Epithets
- Zǎnä
Relations
- spouse: Old Fire-and-Death God