Coatlicue

E161968

Aztec goddess earth goddess fertility goddess

Coatlicue is an important Aztec earth and fertility goddess, often depicted in a skirt of serpents and associated with both creation and destruction.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Coatlicue canonical	7
Coatlicue Tonantzin	1
Coatlícue	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aztec goddess ⓘ earth goddess ⓘ fertility goddess ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Coatlicue ⓘ surface form: Coatlicue Tonantzin Coatlicue ⓘ surface form: Coatlícue Teteoinan ⓘ
associatedWith	creation ⓘ death ⓘ destruction ⓘ earth ⓘ fertility ⓘ rebirth ⓘ
consort	Mixcoatl ⓘ
cosmologicalRole	devourer of the dead ⓘ embodiment of the earth ⓘ source of both life and nourishment ⓘ
culture	Aztec culture ⓘ surface form: Aztec
depictedAs	deity with a necklace of severed hands and hearts ⓘ figure with two serpent heads ⓘ woman wearing a skirt of serpents ⓘ
domain	agricultural fertility ⓘ earth’s surface ⓘ life and death cycle ⓘ
hasAspect	chthonic deity ⓘ terrifying mother goddess ⓘ
languageOfName	Nahuatl ⓘ
majorCultCenter	Templo Mayor ⓘ
meaningOfName	She of the Serpent Skirt ⓘ
motherOf	Coyolxauhqui ⓘ Huitzilopochtli ⓘ Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ surface form: the Centzon Huitznahua Centzon Huitznahua ⓘ surface form: the Centzon Mimixcoa
mythologicalEvent	attack by her children led by Coyolxauhqui ⓘ miraculous conception of Huitzilopochtli by a ball of feathers ⓘ
parentOf	many Aztec deities ⓘ
relatedDeity	Cihuacoatl ⓘ Tlaltecuhtli ⓘ Tonantzin ⓘ
representedBy	monolithic statue in the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City ⓘ
role	mother of gods ⓘ
symbol	clawed hands and feet ⓘ decapitation ⓘ necklace of human hearts ⓘ serpents ⓘ skirt of snakes ⓘ skull necklace ⓘ
timePeriodOfWorship	Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
worshipedBy	Mexica ⓘ surface form: Aztecs Mexica ⓘ
worshipedIn	Tenochtitlan ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Huitzilopochtli → parent → Coatlicue ⓘ

Aztec mythology → hasCentralDeity → Coatlicue ⓘ

Left-Handed Hummingbird → parent → Coatlicue ⓘ

subject surface form: Huitzilopochtli

Coatlicue → alsoKnownAs → Coatlicue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coatlícue

Coatlicue → alsoKnownAs → Coatlicue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coatlicue Tonantzin

Centzon Huitznahua → parent → Coatlicue ⓘ

Coyolxauhqui → parent → Coatlicue ⓘ

Coatepec → isAssociatedWith → Coatlicue ⓘ

Mesoamerican mythology → hasDeity → Coatlicue ⓘ