Tlazolteotl
Tlazolteotl is an Aztec deity who rules over thirteen days in the Aztec calendar. The text does not provide further information about this deity.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 1600
- Historical notes
- Aztec Empire period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Piltzintecuhtli, Tlaltecuhtli, Tepeyollotl, tzitzimime, Chac Chel, Zigu, Hanako-san, Šulak, Temazcalteci, Chalchiuhtlicue, Tēcciztēcatl, Xiuhtecuhtli, Tiyacapan, Tēicuih, Tlahco, Xōcotzin, Chicomecōātl, Quetzalcoatl, Coatlicue, Itztlacoliuhqui, Tonatiuh, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Patecatl, Cihuacoatl, Tlaloc, Tezcatlipōca, Xochiquetzal
- parent of
- Centeōtl
- syncretized with
- Toci
- aspect of
- Tlazoltēteoh
- manifested by
- Tlazoltēteoh
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The preceding thirteen days are ruled over by Patecatl and the following thirteen by Tlazolteotl.”
#13378 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“she should not be confused with Tlazolteotl (also known as Ixucuina or Tlaelquani), who was the Aztec goddess of midwives, steam baths, purification, sin, and was the patroness of adulterers.”
#33319 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“These are also characteristic motifs for Tlazolteotl, a central Mesoamerican goddess of both purification and filth (tlazolli in Nahuatl) and the two deities are closely identified with one another. Toci was also associated with healing and venerated by curers of ailments and midwives.”
#33387 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to Alfonso Caso, there were four earth gods — Tlaltecuhtli, Coatlicue, Cihuacoatl and Tlazolteotl.”
#33642 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“She seems to be most similar to Cihuacoatl, the Aztec goddess of childbirth, the aged Aztec goddess of weaving Tlazolteotl, and the Tzitzimime, a set of celestial women that follow the same young/old aspects of Ix Chel/Chac Chel.”
#33780 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001