Natsi'itni, glossed in the ethnographic literature as the 'Madresitas' or Little Mothers, is the great mother goddess of the Sierra Totonac. Alain Ichon, who documented Totonac religion in the Sierra de Puebla in the 1960s, places her among the great gods and records the belief that the Sun himself is the son of the Virgin-Mother Natsi'itni; mother goddesses hold a central place in Totonac religion because each person's soul is created by them. The name also designates a healing and reconciliation ritual, studied by David Pérez González, performed for ailing infants: beyond curing the child, the Natsi'itni ceremony seeks to reconcile the family and restore its equilibrium under the patronage of the divine mothers, showing the goddess's continuing role in Totonac ritual life.