Ix Chel
Ix Chel was commonly taken as the Yucatec name of the moon goddess because of a shared association with human fertility and procreation. However, the identification is questionable, since colonial and ethnographical sources provide no direct evidence to show that Ixchel was a moon goddess.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 600 CE
- Attested period
- 600 – 1560
- Historical notes
- Mentioned by Diego de Landa in 1549 and Diego Lopez de Cogolludo in 1560.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Chac Chel, Divine Serpent, moon goddess, Ix Chekel Yax, Ixhunie, Ixhunieta, Goddess O, Bʼatzbʼal, Xkitza, Hunab Ku, Yaxcocahmut, Pauahtuns, God of rain, A fish god, Goddess I, Cihuacoatl, Tlaltecuhtli, Kinich Ahau
- manifests as
- young goddess
- consort of
- Voltan, Jaguar God of Terrestrial Fire, Itzamna
- syncretized with
- Toci
- parent of
- Bacabs
- has aspect
- Chak Chel
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In the early 16th century, Maya women seeking to ensure a fruitful marriage would travel to the sanctuary of Ix Chel on the island of Cozumel, the most important place of pilgrimage after Chichen Itza, off the east coast of the Yucatán peninsula.”
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“The ruins were once a hub of worship of the goddess Ix Chel, an aged deity of childbirth, fertility, medicine, and weaving. Pre-Columbian Maya women would try to travel to San Gervasio and make offerings at least once in their lives.”
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“The aged goddess of midwifery, curing, and war Ix Chel, belongs to the jaguar deities. She has jaguar ears and claws and can show the looped cruller element and the large eye of the Jaguar God of Terrestrial Fire (Birth Vase), suggesting that she might be a spouse to this deity.”
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“While Chac Chel is the grandmotherly aspect of Ix Chel, she is not always depicted as kindly and benevolent. She is frequently shown as clawed and fanged, and she wears a diamond-patterned skirt decorated with crossed bones and other death symbols”
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