Xochiquetzal
Xochiquetzal is the goddess of fertility, beauty, female sexuality, protection of young mothers, pregnancy, childbirth, vegetation, flowers, and the crafts of women.
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When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in the Histoyre du Mechique.
Relationships
- consort of
- Xiuhtecuhtli, Xochipilli, Centeōtl, Piltzintecuhtli, Tlaloc, Tezcatlipōca
- syncretized with
- Virgin of Ocotlan, Goddess I
- co occurs with
- Chicomecōātl, Itztlacoliuhqui, Chīmalmā, Tlaltecuhtli, Tlalcihuatl, Citlallatonac, Tonatiuh, Oxomoco, tzitzimime, Chac Chel, Cozcamiauh, Great Goddess of Teotihuacan, Coatlicue, Xolotl, Ōmeteōtl, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Chimalman, Quetzalpetlatl, Cipactonal, Piltzintecuhtli, Tlazolteotl, Xipe-Totec, Tonantzin, Quetzalcoatl, Cihuacoatl
- parent of
- Centeōtl, Nanahuatzin, Mixcoatl
- allied with
- Tezcatlipōca, Huitzilopochtli, Nochpalliicue, Yapallicue
- sibling of
- Xochipilli
- manifests as
- Ītzpāpālōtl
- child of
- Xochitlicue
- manifested by
- Ītzpāpālōtl
Mentioned by
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“Xochiquetzal, goddess of fertility, beauty, female sexuality, protection of young mothers, pregnancy, childbirth, vegetation, flowers, and the crafts of women”
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“Mother of the twins Xochipilli, 'Prince of Flowers'; and Xochiquetzal, 'Precious Feather Flower', the goddess of beauty and love”
#15077 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Pasztory concluded that the figures represented a vegetation and fertility goddess that was a predecessor of the much later Aztec goddess Xochiquetzal.”
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“It is also suggested that he was a son of Xochiquetzal and Mixcoatl.”
#33144 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“During this festival Xochiquetzal was honored and also offered a variety of gifts consisting of flower offerings, drinking and fornications. A young woman was chosen to be a ixiptlatli which impersonated the goddess”
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