Tlazōlteōtl
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In Aztec mythology, Tlahzōlteōtl (or Classical Nahuatl: Tlâçolteotl, pronounced [t͡ɬaʔs̻oːɬˈteoːt͡ɬ]) is a deity of sexuality, vice, purification, steam baths, lust, filth, and a patroness of adulterers. She is known by three names, Tlahēlcuāni ("she who eats tlahēlli or filthy excrescence [sin]") and Tlazōlmiquiztli ("the death caused by lust"), and Ixcuina or Ixcuinan (Huastec: Ix Cuinim, Deity of Cotton), the latter of which refers to a quadripartite association of four sister deities.[2][3][4]
Tlahzōlteōtl | |
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Goddess of sex | |
Member of the Nauhtzonteteo | |
Other names | Tlahēlcuāni, Tlahzōlmiquiztli, Īxcuinān |
Abode | Tlalticpac |
Gender | Female |
Region | Mesoamerica |
Ethnic group | Aztec (Nahoa) |
Genealogy | |
Parents | Omecihuatl (Emerged by Tecpatl) |
Siblings | the Nauhtzonteteo (1,600 gods) |
Children | With Piltzintecuhtli: Cinteotl (Codex Florentine) |
Tlazōlteōtl is the deity for the 13th trecena of the sacred 260-day calendar Tōnalpōhualli, the one beginning with the day Ce Ōllin, or First Movement. She is associated with the day sign of the jaguar.[5]
Tlazolteotl played an important role in the confession of wrongdoing through her priests.[6]