Coatlicue
Coatlicue is a fierce goddess who became impregnated by a ball of feathers. She is the mother of Huitzilopochtli, the four hundred male Centzonuitznaua, and Coyolxauhqui. Her other children, angered by her impregnation, conspired to kill her, but Huitzilopochtli defended her.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 1400 CE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Aztec mythology and represented in statues found in Mexico.
Relationships
- parent of
- Coyolxauhqui, Four Hundred Mimixcoa, Centzonuitznaua, Quetzalcoatl, Centzon Huitznahua, Huitzilopochtli, Centzon Huitznahua
- co occurs with
- Tlazolteotl, Tepeyollotl, Tēteoh īnnān, Nanahuatzin, Tezzictecatl, Citlallatonac, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Xolotl, Chimalman, Quetzalpetlatl, Toci, Xochitlicue, Coyolxauhqui, Centzon Huitznahua, Centzonmīmixcōa, Iztac-Mixcoatl, Tonacatecutli, Apanecatl, Zolton, Cuilton, Xelhua, Tenoch, Cuetlachoapan, Xicalancatl, Mixtecatl, Otomitl, Tonatiuh, Camaxtle, Mimixcoa, Iztac-Chalchiuhtlicue, Cuauhtlicoauh, Cuitlachcihuatl, Tlotepe, Apantecuhtli, Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, Tōnacātēcuhtli, Tōnacācihuātl, Xochipilli, Ōmeteōtl, Xochiquetzal, Xipe-Totec, Tezcatlipōca
- consort of
- Tlaltecuhtli, Mixcōhuātl, Mixcoatl
- enemy of
- Coyolxauhqui, Centzon Huitznahua
- allied with
- Huitzilopochtli, Tzitzimimeh
- sibling of
- Chīmalmā, Xochitlicue
- has aspect
- Toci, Cihuacoatl
- child of
- Tlaltecuhtli, Tlalcihuatl
- syncretized with
- Mecitli
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Another origin story tells of a fierce goddess, Coatlicue, being impregnated as she was sweeping by a ball of feathers on Mount Coatepec ("Serpent Hill"; near Tula, Hidalgo). Her other children, who were already fully grown, were the four hundred male Centzonuitznaua and the female deity Coyolxauhqui.”
#11690 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Coatlicue is represented as a woman wearing a skirt of writhing snakes and a necklace made of human hearts, hands, and skulls. Her feet and hands are adorned with claws and her breasts are depicted as hanging flaccid from pregnancy. Her face is formed by two facing serpents”
#15022 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“younger sister of Coatlicue, Huitzilopochtli's mother according Codex Florentine; and Chimalma, Quetzalcoatl's mother according to Codex Chimalpopoca. One of the three daughters of Tlaltecuhtli and Tlalcihuatl”
#15070 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“On the summit of Coatepec ("Serpent Mountain") sat a shrine for Coatlicue, the maternal Earth deity. One day, as she swept her shrine, a ball of hummingbird feathers fell from the sky.”
#18654 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“A fourth story narrates that Quetzalcoatl was born from Coatlicue, who already had four hundred children who formed the stars of the Milky Way.”
#33135 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001