myth) Nahuatl pronunciation: [s̻iwaˈkoː(ʷ)aːt͡ɬ], "snake woman", also Cihuacóatl See also Ilamatecuhtli, Teteoinnan, Tlazolteotl, and Toci. Miller and...

The cihuacoatl (Classical Nahuatl: cihuācōātl [siwaːˈkoːaːtɬ], for "female twin") was a supreme leader under the Tlatoani (Aztec emperor), or an esteemed...

The Codex Borbonicus is an Aztec codex written by Aztec priests shortly before or after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. It is named after the...

purview of the Huey tlatoani. It was the role of the Cihuacoatl to govern a given city itself. The Cihuacoatl was always a close relative of the Huey tlatoani;...

the god of the sun and war. The goddesses Toci "our grandmother" and Cihuacōātl "snake woman", the patron of women who die in childbirth, were also seen...

sweatbath. She is related to another Aztec goddess invoked at birth, viz. Cihuacoatl (or Ilamatecuhtli). In Taube's revised Schellhas-Zimmermann classification...

cultures. Scholars have pointed out similarities between La Llorona and the Cihuacōātl of Aztec mythology, as well as Eve and Lilith of Hebrew mythology. Author...

worshiped the goddess Tonantzin (sometimes identified with Coatlícue or Cihuacoatl) at Tepeyac. He believed that the shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe allowed...

1420s, he was promoted to first adviser to the ruler, a position called Cihuacoatl in Nahuatl, an office that Tlacaelel held during the reigns of four consecutive...

Citlalicue, and Cihuacoatl. The leader of the Tzitzimimeh was the goddess Itzpapalotl who was the ruler of Tamoanchan. Cihuācōātl, goddess of childbirth...