Chicomoztoc

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Chicomoztoc is a legendary place of origin in Aztec and other Nahua mythologies, often described as the "Place of the Seven Caves" from which ancestral tribes emerged.

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Label Occurrences
Chicomoztoc canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aztec mythology concept
Nahua mythology concept
legendary place of origin
mythological place
associatedWithConcept Chichimeca ancestry
tribal confederation origins
associatedWithDeity Huitzilopochtli
associatedWithPeople Acolhua
Mexica
surface form: Aztecs

Acolhua
surface form: Culhua

Huexotla
surface form: Huexotzinca

Mexica
Nahua
surface form: Nahua peoples

Tepanec
Tlahuica
Tlaxcala
surface form: Tlaxcalteca

Tláhuac
surface form: Xochimilca
culture Aztec culture
surface form: Aztec

Nahua
depictedAs cavernous mountain
hill with seven caves
describedAs place of origin of ancestral tribes
etymologyComponent -c (locative suffix)
chicome (seven)
oztotl (cave)
functionInMyth origin of lineages
starting point of migrations
geographicalReality uncertain
hasMotif emergence from caves
seven ancestral groups
hasNameMeaning Place of the Seven Caves
hasStatus mythical location
languageOfName Classical Nahuatl
linkedToRegionByTradition Aztlan
surface form: Aztlan region

northern Mesoamerica
mentionedIn Codex Aubin
Codex Boturini
Codex Mendoza
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca
numberOfCaves 7
partOf Tenochtitlan founding legend
surface form: Aztec migration narratives

Nahua migration traditions
relatedMythicPlace Aztlan
symbolizes ancestral homeland
emergence of tribes
mythic point of origin
timePeriodOfTradition Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Referenced by (2)

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Codex Boturini depicts Chicomoztoc
Aztlan associatedWith Chicomoztoc