Toci
deity Aztec single tradition · 3
Toci, also known as "our grandmother", is an Aztec goddess. She was seen as an aspect of Cōātlīcue.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Pre-Columbian Aztec civilization
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mixcōhuātl, Tlaltecuhtli, Itzamna, Bʼatzbʼal, Xkitza, Huitzilopochtli, Cihuacoatl, Tēteoh īnnān
- aspect of
- Coatlicue, Xochitlicue
- syncretized with
- Ix Chel, Tlazolteotl
- has aspect
- Temazcalteci
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The goddesses Toci "our grandmother" and Cihuacōātl "snake woman", the patron of women who die in childbirth, were also seen as aspects of Cōātlīcue.”
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“As stated above, the Aztec counterpart to Ixchel as a patron of midwifery, Toci, was also the Goddess of the sweatbath.”
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“During the veintena of Ochpaniztli in the Aztec calendar, harvest-time festival rites were held to honor Toci in her aspect as "Heart of the Earth" (Miller and Taube 1993).”
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