Jme'tik
Tzotzil–Tzeltal · deity · Tzotzil–Tzeltal traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
The moon is Jme'tik, 'Our Mother,' identified with the Virgin Mary and understood as the mother of the sun. Her light governs the night and the lunar reckoning by which planting and ceremony are timed, and she presides over childbirth, healing and the woman's crafts of weaving and the hearth. In highland cosmology mother-moon and father-sun form the complementary luminaries whose ordered movement frames the world of the living.
Children
Domains
- lunar night
- motherhood childbirth
- weaving womens work
Powers
- light the night
- protect mothers and the newborn
Epithets
- Jme'tik — Our MotherGuiteras Holmes, Calixta. 1961. Perils of the Soul. Free Press of Glencoe. (secondary)
- Ch'ul Me'tik — Holy MotherVogt, Evon Z. 1969. Zinacantán. Harvard University Press. (secondary)
Relations
- parent: HtotikMother of the sun.Vogt, Evon Z. 1969. Zinacantán. Harvard University Press. (secondary)
Sources
- The moon is Our Mother, mother of the sun, identified with the Virgin Mary and patron of women and childbirth.: Guiteras Holmes, Calixta. 1961. Perils of the Soul. Free Press of Glencoe. (secondary); Vogt, Evon Z. 1969. Zinacantán. Harvard University Press. (secondary)