Tōnacācihuātl
Tōnacācihuātl is one half of the creator couple Ōmeteōtl, along with Tōnacātēcuhtli. She is the mother of Huitzilopochtli, Quetzalcoatl, Xīpe Tōtec, and Tezcatlipōca.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in Colonial-era manuscripts.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Tlaltecuhtli, Ōmetēuctli, Ōmeyōcān, Coatlicue, Centzonuitznaua, Coyolxauhqui, Chīmalmā, Yopi, Camaxtli, Yayauhqui Tezcatlipoca, Ometecuhtli, Quaxolotl, Xipe-Totec, Tezcatlipōca, Omecihuatl, Mixcoatl, Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, Iztac-Mixcoatl, Ilancueye, Tlatlauhca, Yayauhqui-Tezcatlipoca
- syncretized with
- Omecihuatl
- aspect of
- Ōmeteōtl
- parent of
- Huitzilopochtli, Quetzalcoatl, Tezcatlipōca, Xipe-Totec
- consort of
- Ōmeteōtl, Tōnacātēcuhtli
Sources
Source passages
“parents being the creator couple of the Ōmeteōtl (Tōnacātēcuhtli and Tōnacācihuātl) while his brothers were Quetzalcōātl ("Precious Serpent" or "Quetzal-Feathered Serpent"), Xīpe Tōtec”
#11686 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Tōnacācihuātl was the Central Mexican form of the creator goddess common to Mesoamerican religions. According to the Codex Ríos, the History of the Mexicans as Told by Their Paintings, the Histoyre du Mechique, and the Florentine Codex, Tōnacācihuātl and her counterpart Tōnacātēcuhtli resided in Ōmeyōcān”
#33430 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Tōnacātēcuhtli and his consort Tōnacācihuātl resided in 'in Tōnacātēuctli īchān' (the mansion of the Lord of Abundance).”
#33705 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat