Coatlicue
Earth mother goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Huitzilopochtli. Depicted wearing a skirt of writhing serpents and a necklace of human hearts and hands.
Divine domains
Aztec Goddesses
7 goddesses of the Aztec Pantheon in the atlas, with the domains each entry lists, most prominent first.
Coyolxauhqui
The moon goddess, daughter of Coatlicue and leader of the 400 stars. Coyolxauhqui was slain and dismembered by her brother Huitzilopochtli at his miraculous birth, her defeat reenacted at every sunrise.
Mictecacihuatl
Queen of Mictlan, the Aztec underworld, ruling alongside her husband Mictlantecuhtli over the ninth and deepest level of the land of the dead. Mictecacihuatl presided over the bones of the deceased and the festivals honoring the dead within the Aztec calendar.
Tlaltecuhtli
The monstrous earth deity from whose dismembered body the world was created. Tlaltecuhtli devours the dead and demands blood in return for crops, embodying the earth's duality as giver and taker of life.
Tlazolteotl
The goddess of purification, sin, and confession. Tlazolteotl consumed the moral filth of humanity, absorbing confessed sins and granting absolution before death.
Xochiquetzal
The goddess of beauty, love, flowers, and female sexuality. Xochiquetzal was patron of artisans, weavers, and pregnant women, and dwelt in the paradise of Tamoanchan.
Mayahuel
The goddess of the maguey plant and its fermented drink pulque. Mayahuel is depicted with 400 breasts to nurse her 400 children, the Centzon Totochtin (400 Rabbits) of intoxication.
Built from each deity's catalog entry, using its recorded gender. Back to the Aztec Pantheon, or browse every deity.