Ītzpāpālōtl
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Ītzpāpālōtl ('Obsidian Butterfly') was a goddess in Aztec religion. 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.
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When
- First attested
- 1500 CE
- Attested period
- 1400 – 1600
- Historical notes
- Aztec religion flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Tzitzimimeh, tzitzimime, Cozcamiauh, Piltzintecuhtli, Oxomoco, Cipactonal, Tzitzimitl, Cihuateteo, Tonantzin, Xolotl, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
- manifests as
- Obsidian Butterfly, Xochiquetzal
- syncretized with
- Goddess 2J, La Llorona
- parent of
- Nanahuatzin, Mixcoatl
- sibling of
- Chimalman
- manifested by
- Xochiquetzal
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (5)
Source passages
“She features as part of an Aztec trinity in the religious revival which forms the subject of D.H.Lawrence's The Plumed Serpent”
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“According to a translation of the Histoyre du Mechique, Nanāhuātzin is the son of Ītzpāpālōtl and Cozcamiauh or Tonantzin, but was adopted by Piltzintecuhtli and Xōchiquetzal.”
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