Huixtocihuatl
deity water Aztec single tradition · 1
In Aztec religion, Huixtocihuatl was a fertility goddess who presided over salt and salt water. She was considered the older sister of the rain gods, including Tlaloc. According to the Florentine Codex, she angered her younger brothers, the Tlaloques, by mocking them, and they banished her to the salt beds where she discovered salt and how it was created.
When
- First attested
- 1500 CE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in Bernardino de Sahagún's Florentine Codex; festival held during Tecuilhuitontli, the seventh month of the Aztec calendar.
Relationships
- sibling of
- Tlaloc, Tlaloques, Chicomecōātl, Chalchiuhtlicue
- syncretized with
- Ixcuina
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“During Tecuilhuitontli, the seventh month of the Aztec calendar which occurred in June, there was a festival in her honor. Salt-makers would honor the deity with dances that lasted for ten days.”
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