Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Chicomecohuati" | Aztec / post Mesoamerican | Maize goddess. [Mexico]. Her festival was held in September when a young girl was sacrificed having taken on the role of the deity for a period of time during the celebrations. She was decapitated on a heap of maize fruits and her blood was collected in a large bowl before being poured over a wooden figurine of the goddess. Finally the victim's skin was flayed off and worn by a dancing priest.See also XILONEN.... |
Goddess name "Xilonen" | Aztec | A goddess of food and produce, especially maize and, by extension, a goddess of fertility. Aztec |
Goddess name "Xilonen" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor vegetation goddess. An aspect of the maize goddess Chicomecoatl, personifying the young maize plant.... |