Tzitzimimeh
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
- co occurs with
- Tez, Isabella, Tzitzimilitl, Macuilxochitl, Mācuīlcōzcacuāuhtli, Mācuīlcuetzpalin, Mācuīlmalīnalli, Mācuīltōchtli, Xochipilli, Tzitzimitl, Mixcoatl, Ītzpāpālōtl
- allied with
- Cihuateteo, Tlaltecuhtli, Coatlicue, Citlālicue, Cihuacoatl, Āhuiatēteoh, Mictecacihuatl
Mentioned by
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