Tzitzimimeh

deity sky Aztec single tradition · 3

The Tzitzimimeh are ruled over by the goddess Ītzpāpālōtl. Ītzpāpālōtl was a striking skeletal warrior and death goddess and the queen of the Tzitzimimeh.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
1500 CE
Attested period
1400 – 1600
Historical notes
Aztec religion flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries.

Relationships

Expand to full subgraph →

Sources

Source passages

“She was a striking skeletal warrior and death goddess and the queen of the Tzitzimimeh. She ruled over the paradise world of Tamōhuānchān, the paradise of victims of infant mortality and the place identified as where humans were created.”

#15030 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The tzitzimimeh are antagonists in Onyx Equinox, though they are associated with Mictecacihuatl. Though mostly highly aggressive and murderous, an allusion to their role in childbirth can be seen when they calm down the still infant goddess.”

#33455 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“They were associated with the Tzitzimimeh, a group of frightening beings that personified death, drought, and war.”

#33460 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5