Coyolxauhqui
Coyolxauhqui is Huitzilopochtli's sister who was dismembered at the base of a mountain. The Coyolxauhqui Stone recreates the story of Coyolxauhqui's dismemberment.
↻ synthesized from 10 sources
When
- First attested
- 1300 CE
- Attested period
- 1300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Height of Aztec empire.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Centzonmīmixcōa, Nanahuatzin, Tezzictecatl, Metztli, Yohaulticetl, Menily, Kalfu, Muuya, Ka-Ata-Killa, Coniraya, Luna, Chandra, Selene, Nzambi Mpungu, Máni, Tēcciztēcatl, Iah, Igaluk/Alignak, Maquizcoatl, Chang E, Chalchiuhtlicue, Great Goddess of Teotihuacan, Tlaloc, Tlaltecuhtli, Mixcoatl, Iztac-Mixcoatl, Tonacatecutli, Apanecatl, Zolton, Cuilton, Xelhua, Tenoch, Cuetlachoapan, Xicalancatl, Mixtecatl, Otomitl, Ōmeteōtl, Tōnacātēcuhtli, Tōnacācihuātl, Tezcatlipōca, Jesus Christ, Allah, Mama Killa, Nzambici, Sin, Tsukuyomi, Xiuhcoatl, Virgin of Guadalupe, Xipe-Totec, Quetzalcoatl, Cihuacoatl
- enemy of
- Huitzilopochtli
- sibling of
- Centzon Huitznahua, Huitzilopochtli, Centzon Huitznahua, Centzonuitznaua
- allied with
- Centzon Huitznahua, Centzon Huitznahua
- child of
- Coatlicue
Mentioned by
- Ōmeteōtl
- Tōnacātēcuhtli
- Tōnacācihuātl
- Tezcatlipōca
- Jesus Christ
- Allah
- Mama Killa
- Nzambici
- Sin
- Tsukuyomi
- Xiuhcoatl
- Virgin of Guadalupe
- Xipe-Totec
- Quetzalcoatl
- Cihuacoatl
- Centzonuitznaua
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“daily sunrise was viewed as a celestial battle against the moon (Coyolxauhqui) and the stars (Centzon Huitznahua). Another version of the myth, found in the historical chronicles of Diego Duran and Alvarado Tezozomoc, tells the story with strong historical allusion and portrays two Aztec factions in ferocious battle.”
#11705 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Interpreting this as dishonor, her daughter Coyolxauhqui, along with her 400 brothers, plotted to kill her. Just as the attack began, Huitzilopochtli emerged fully armed from his mother, defeated his siblings, and cast Coyolxauhqui into the sky, where she became the moon”
#15024 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Coyolxauhqui, a Goddess.”
#18379 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Coyolxauhqui”
#19470 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the myth Huitzilopochtli, who slew his sister Coyolxauhqui shortly after his birth”
#32945 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5