In Aztec religion, Coyolxāuhqui (Nahuatl pronunciation: [kojoɬˈʃaːʍki], "Painted with Bells") is a daughter of the goddess Cōātlīcue ("Serpent Skirt")...
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The Coyolxāuhqui Stone is a carved, circular Aztec stone, depicting the mythical being Coyolxāuhqui ("Bells-Her-Cheeks"), in a state of dismemberment...
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The Coyolxauhqui imperative is a theory named after the Aztec goddess of the moon Coyolxauhqui to explain an ongoing and lifelong process of healing from...
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Huītzilōpōchtli (section The Coyolxauhqui stone)
down the pyramid where the Coyolxauhqui stone could be found. The Coyolxauhqui Stone recreates the story of Coyolxauhqui, Huitzilopochtli's sister who...
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sun and war. In these myths, the Centzonhuītznāhua and their sister Coyolxāuhqui feel dishonored upon learning that their mother, the goddess Cōātlīcue...
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subsequently gave birth to the god Huitzilopochtli. Her daughter the goddess Coyolxauhqui then rallied Coatlicue's four hundred other children together and goaded...
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mother of Centzon Huitznahua ("Four Hundred Southerners"), her sons, and Coyolxauhqui, her daughter. At some point, she found a ball of feathers and placed...
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9.4 short tons). The relief on the stone was later determined to be Coyolxauhqui, Huitzilopochtli's sister, and was dated to the end of the 15th century...
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in the Coyolxauhqui-Chantico monument. Despite such associations, no colonial sources explicitly link Chantico to the Aztec deity Coyolxauhqui. Scholar...
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Nzambici is the female counterpart of the sun god Nzambi Mpungu. Metztli, Coyolxauhqui and Tēcciztēcatl are all lunar deities in the Aztec religion. Many cultures...
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devour humans on earth if the sun were to fail. The Coyolxauhqui Stone depicts the Aztec deity Coyolxauhqui who was the daughter of Coatlicue. In the usual...
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night, and farmers. They were likely the same deity as Yohaulticetl or Coyolxauhqui and the male moon god Tecciztecatl; like the latter, who feared the Sun...
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traditional version of the Virgin. Her cloak is covered in images of Coyolxauhqui, the Aztec moon goddess. The juxtaposition of Catholicism iconography...
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goddess and guardian of infants. She may have been the same as Metztli and Coyolxāuhqui and the male moon god Tecciztecatl. Five Suns (mythology) Coulter, Charles...
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Huitzilopochtli. With it, soon after his birth, he pierced his sister Coyolxauhqui, destroying her, and also defeated the Centzon Huitznahua. This incident...
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their brighter, more important brother Huitzilopochtli. Their leader, Coyolxauhqui, goddess of the moon, led them in an assault on the sun and every night...
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Mexico and the Maya. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05068-6. Coyolxauhqui Metztli or Mextli Yohaulticetl v t e Myth. sfn error: no target: CITEREFMyth...
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goddess with a skirt made of rattlesnakes. The Coyolxauhqui Stone representing the dismembered goddess Coyolxauhqui, found in 1978, was at the foot of the staircase...
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down the pyramid where the Coyolxauhqui stone could be found. The Coyolxauhqui Stone recreates the story of Coyolxauhqui, Huitzilopochtli's sister who...
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Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle. His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful...
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The Centzon Huitznahua met their demise when they, and their sister Coyolxauhqui, after finding their mother Coatlicue pregnant, conspired to kill her...
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Aztec stone disk depicting a dismembered Coyolxauhqui which was found during construction in 1978 in Mexico City. Its discovery led to the excavation of...
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forms. The following is a list of lunar deities: Deity Metztli Goddess Coyolxauhqui God Tecciztecatl Goddess Menily God Kalfu God Muuya[citation needed]...
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The vast monoliths which went into the walls of Osaka Castle, Japan. Coyolxauhqui Stone another Aztec monolith Ellora Caves – UNESCO World Heritage Site...
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massive stone disc depicting the nude dismembered body of the moon goddess Coyolxauhqui. The disc is 3.25 meters (10 ft 8 in) in diameter, and is held at the...
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of mat-makers. Cochimetl, god of commerce, bartering, and merchants. Coyolxāuhqui, goddess of the moon and leader of the Centzon Huitznahua. Cuetlāchcihuātl...
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Underworld. She was Tzontemoc's wife. Chicomecoatl, goddess of agriculture. Coyolxauhqui, goddess or leader of the Centzonhuitznahua, associated with the moon...
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as some flowers represented in Aztec art, such as those seen in the Coyolxauhqui monolith, as part of the goddess's headdress, has been proposed as a...
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down the pyramid where the Coyolxauhqui stone could be found. The Coyolxauhqui Stone recreates the story of Coyolxauhqui, Huitzilopochtli's sister who...
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stone disk depicting the vanquished Aztec goddess Coyolxāuhqui. The myth surrounding Coyolxāuhqui and her brother Huitzilopochtli has been interpreted...
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