Tlaltecuhtli
Tlaltecuhtli is an earth deity. The earth both consumes and regenerates life.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Earth deity in Aztec mythology.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ōmetēuctli, Tepeyollotl, Ilamatecuhtli, Chalmecatecuhtli, Citlallatonac, Tlalcihuatl, Xiuhtecuhtli, Xantico, Meztli, Ix Chel, Centzonmīmixcōa, Iztac-Mixcoatl, Tonacatecutli, Apanecatl, Zolton, Cuilton, Camaxtle, Iztac-Chalchiuhtlicue, Cuauhtlicoauh, Cuitlachcihuatl, Tlotepe, Apantecuhtli, Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, Tōnacātēcuhtli, Tōnacācihuātl, Cipactli, Tlazolteotl, Nanahuatzin, Tezzictecatl, Xochipilli, Xochiquetzal, Cihuacoatl, Toci, Mictlantecuhtli, Tlaloc, Mictecacihuatl, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Chalchiuhtlicue, Huitzilopochtli, Coyolxauhqui, Centzon Huitznahua
- parent of
- Cuetlachoapan, Four Hundred Mimixcoa, Xicalancatl, Mixtecatl, Coatlicue, Chīmalmā, Xochitlicue, Otomitl, Mixcoatl, Mimixcoa, Xelhua, Tenoch
- created by
- Quetzalcoatl, Tezcatlipōca
- consort of
- Tlalcihuatl, Tonatiuh
- allied with
- Tzitzimimeh
Mentioned by
- Tōnacātēcuhtli
- Tōnacācihuātl
- Cipactli
- Tlazolteotl
- Nanahuatzin
- Tezzictecatl
- Xochipilli
- Xochiquetzal
- Cihuacoatl
- Toci
- Mictlantecuhtli
- Tlaloc
- Mictecacihuatl
- Ometecuhtli
- Omecihuatl
- Chalchiuhtlicue
and 5 more
Sources
Source passages
“Coatlicue thus has creative aspects, which may balance the skulls, hearts, hands, and claws that connect her to the earth deity Tlaltecuhtli.”
#15027 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“One of the three daughters of Tlaltecuhtli and Tlalcihuatl, the couple of the earth gods created by the Tezcatlipocas”
#15074 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Various scholarships, however, believe the face at the centre of the stone to be that of the earth monster Tlaltecuhtli. Tlaltecuhtli is often depicted in Aztec art with an open mouth and a sacrificial knife known as a "flint" representing a tongue.”
#17548 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Very similar features are found with Aztec earth goddesses, of whom Tlaltecuhtli, Toci, and Cihuacoatl were invoked by the midwives.”
#18768 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Tezcatlipocas created four couple-gods to control the waters by Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue; the Earth by Tlaltecuhtli and Tlalcihuatl; the underworld (Mictlan) by Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacihuatl; and the fire by Xantico and Xiuhtecuhtli.”
#33333 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001