A Tzitzimītl (plural Tzitzimīmeh) is a type of celestial deity associated with stars in Aztec mythology. They were depicted as skeletal female figures...

was a striking skeletal warrior and death goddess and the queen of the Tzitzimimeh. She ruled over the paradise world of Tamōhuānchān, the paradise of victims...

ghastly to behold. Tzitzimītl (sg. / Tzitzimīmeh, pl.), female deities. As such related to fertility, Tzitzimimeh were associated with the Cihuateteo and...

Itzpapalotl, warrior and death goddess, obsidian butterfly, leader of the Tzitzimimeh Toci, goddess of health Star deities Centzon-mimixcoa, 400 gods of the...

rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war, and strife Tzitzimimeh, skeletal goddesses of the stars Yohaulticetl, the lunar goddess known...

their eyes to a sky illuminated by the current sun, Huitzilopochtli. The Tzitzimimeh, or stars, became jealous of their brighter, more important brother Huitzilopochtli...

also invoked by diviners and mystics. They were associated with the Tzitzimimeh, a group of frightening beings that personified death, drought, and war...

The night without fire was associated with the fear that star demons, tzitzimimeh, might descend and devour the earth – ending the fifth period of the...

death and destruction. The Aztecs anticipated an unending night when the Tzitzimīmeh, skeletal female star deities, would descend to consume all humans. In...