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searchaux" style="display:none">Aztec goddess</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Mexico-3980_-_Coyolxauhqui_Stone_%282508259597%29.jpg/330px-Mexico-3980_-_Coyolxauhqui_Stone_%282508259597%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Mexico-3980_-_Coyolxauhqui_Stone_%282508259597%29.jpg/440px-Mexico-3980_-_Coyolxauhqui_Stone_%282508259597%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2383" data-file-height="2269" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Disk depicting a dismembered Coyolxāuhqui, which was found during construction in 1978 in <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a>. Its discovery led to the excavation of the Huēyi Teōcalli.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Classical_planet" title="Classical planet">Planet</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mesoamerica" title="Mesoamerica">Mesoamerica</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnic group</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aztec" class="mw-redirect" title="Aztec">Aztec</a>, Mexica (Nahua)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #00A86B; color: #FFFFFF;">Genealogy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mixcoatl" title="Mixcoatl">Mixcoatl</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coatlicue" class="mw-redirect" title="Coatlicue">Coatlicue</a> (Codex Florentine)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Siblings</th><td class="infobox-data">• <a href="/wiki/Hu%C4%ABtzil%C5%8Dp%C5%8Dchtli" title="Huītzilōpōchtli">Huītzilōpōchtli</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Centzonhu%C4%ABtzn%C4%81hua" title="Centzonhuītznāhua">Centzonhuītznāhua</a> (<a href="/wiki/Codex_Florentine" class="mw-redirect" title="Codex Florentine">Codex Florentine</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />• the <a href="/wiki/Centzon_Mimixcoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Centzon Mimixcoa">Centzon Mimixcoa</a> (Codex Ramirez)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consort</th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #00A86B; color: #FFFFFF;">Equivalents</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Greek</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Selene" title="Selene">Selene</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maya</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Awilix" title="Awilix">Awilix</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Birth_of_Huitzilopochtli_and_his_Defeat_of_Coyolxauqui.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Birth_of_Huitzilopochtli_and_his_Defeat_of_Coyolxauqui.png/330px-Birth_of_Huitzilopochtli_and_his_Defeat_of_Coyolxauqui.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Birth_of_Huitzilopochtli_and_his_Defeat_of_Coyolxauqui.png/495px-Birth_of_Huitzilopochtli_and_his_Defeat_of_Coyolxauqui.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Birth_of_Huitzilopochtli_and_his_Defeat_of_Coyolxauqui.png/660px-Birth_of_Huitzilopochtli_and_his_Defeat_of_Coyolxauqui.png 2x" data-file-width="1040" data-file-height="702" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hu%C4%ABtzil%C5%8Dp%C5%8Dchtli" title="Huītzilōpōchtli">Huītzilōpōchtli</a> springs from <a href="/wiki/Coatlicue" class="mw-redirect" title="Coatlicue">Coatlicue</a>'s womb fully armed and defends himself and his mother against Coyolxāuhqui. He <a href="/wiki/Dismemberment" title="Dismemberment">dismembers</a> his sister and fights his 400 brothers, the <a href="/wiki/Centzonhu%C4%ABtzn%C4%81hua" title="Centzonhuītznāhua">Centzonhuītznāhua</a></figcaption></figure><p>In <a href="/wiki/Aztec_religion" title="Aztec religion">Aztec religion</a>, <b><span title="Classical Nahuatl-language text"><span lang="nci" style="font-style: normal;">Coyolxāuhqui</span></span></b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Nahuatl pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nah-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Nahuatl" title="Help:IPA/Nahuatl">[kojoɬˈʃaːʍki]</a></span>, "Painted with Bells"<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a daughter of the goddess <span title="Classical Nahuatl-language text"><span lang="nci" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/C%C5%8D%C4%81tl%C4%ABcue" title="Cōātlīcue">Cōātlīcue</a></span></span> ("Serpent Skirt"). She was the leader of her brothers, the <span title="Classical Nahuatl-language text"><span lang="nci" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Centzonhu%C4%ABtzn%C4%81hua" title="Centzonhuītznāhua">Centzonhuītznāhua</a></span></span> ("Four Hundred Huītznāhua").<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She led her brothers in an attack against their mother, <span title="Classical Nahuatl-language text"><span lang="nci" style="font-style: normal;">Cōātlīcue</span></span>, when they learned she was pregnant, convinced she dishonored them all.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The attack is thwarted by <span title="Classical Nahuatl-language text"><span lang="nci" style="font-style: normal;">Coyolxāuhqui</span></span>'s other brother, <a href="/wiki/Hu%C4%ABtzil%C5%8Dp%C5%8Dchtli" title="Huītzilōpōchtli">Huītzilōpōchtli</a>, the national deity of the <a href="/wiki/Mexica" title="Mexica">Mexica</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1978, workers at an electric company accidentally discovered a large stone relief depicting <span title="Classical Nahuatl-language text"><span lang="nci" style="font-style: normal;">Coyolxāuhqui</span></span> in Mexico City. The discovery of the <span title="Classical Nahuatl-language text"><span lang="nci" style="font-style: normal;">Coyolxāuhqui</span></span> stone led to large-scale excavation, directed by <a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Matos_Moctezuma" title="Eduardo Matos Moctezuma">Eduardo Matos Moctezuma</a>, to unearth the Huēyi Teōcalli (Templo Mayor in Spanish).<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prominent position of the <span title="Classical Nahuatl-language text"><span lang="nci" style="font-style: normal;">Coyolxāuhqui</span></span> stone suggests the importance of her defeat by the Centzonhuītznāhua in Aztec religion and national identity.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Birth_of_Huītzilōpōchtli_and_Coyolxāuhqui's_defeat_at_Coatepec"><span id="Birth_of_Hu.C4.ABtzil.C5.8Dp.C5.8Dchtli_and_Coyolx.C4.81uhqui.27s_defeat_at_Coatepec"></span>Birth of Huītzilōpōchtli and Coyolxāuhqui's defeat at Coatepec</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coyolx%C4%81uhqui&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Birth of Huītzilōpōchtli and Coyolxāuhqui's defeat at Coatepec"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the summit of <a href="/wiki/Coatepec,_Veracruz" title="Coatepec, Veracruz">Coatepec</a> ("Serpent Mountain") sat a shrine for Coatlicue, the maternal Earth deity. One day, as she swept her shrine, a ball of hummingbird feathers fell from the sky. She "snatched them up; she placed them at her waist."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, she became pregnant with the deity Huītzilōpōchtli. </p><p>Her miraculous pregnancy embarrassed Coatlicue's other children, including her eldest daughter, Coyolxāuhqui. Hearing of her pregnancy, the Centzonhuītznāhua, led by Coyolxāuhqui, decided to kill Coatlicue. As they prepared for battle and gathered at the base of Coatepec, one of the Centzonhuītznāhua, Quauitlicac, warned Huītzilōpōchtli of the attack while he was in utero. Hearing of the attack, the pregnant <span title="Classical Nahuatl-language text"><span lang="nci" style="font-style: normal;">Cōātlīcue</span></span> miraculously gave birth to a fully grown and armed Huītzilōpōchtli who sprang from her womb, wielding "his shield, <i>teueuelli</i>, and his darts and his blue dart thrower, called <i>xinatlatl</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Huītzilōpōchtli killed <span title="Classical Nahuatl-language text"><span lang="nci" style="font-style: normal;">Coyolxāuhqui</span></span>, beheading her and throwing her body down the side of Coatepec: "He pierced Coyolxauhqui, and then quickly struck off her head. It stopped there at the edge of Coatepetl. And her body came falling below; it fell breaking to pieces; in various places her arms, her legs, her body each fell."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As for his brothers, the Centzonhuītznāhua, he scattered them in all directions from the top of Coatepec. He pursued them relentlessly, and those who escaped went south.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some authors have written that Huītzilōpōchtli tossed Coyolxāuhqui's head into the sky, where it became the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a>, so that his mother would be comforted in seeing her daughter in the sky every night, and that her scattered brothers became the Southern Star deities.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is difficult to verify these variations of the narrative with 16th century sources. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Imagery_in_Poses">Imagery in Poses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coyolx%C4%81uhqui&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Imagery in Poses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Templo Mayor stone disk served as a cautionary sign to foes of Tenochtitlán. This is exemplified by the dismemberment of her body and its restraints. <sup id="cite_ref-:5_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The display of Coyolxāuhqui's severed head served this same purpose differently, as it was different than the typical full-body sculptures and art created by the Mexica. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Identifying_Elements">Identifying Elements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coyolx%C4%81uhqui&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Identifying Elements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gold ornaments adorn the face of Coyolxāuhqui in the form of earrings and bell pendants. The ear ornaments have trapeze-ray signs symbolic of the tail of <a href="/wiki/Xiuhcoatl" title="Xiuhcoatl">Xiuhcoatl</a>, the fire serpent.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This makes them identifiers as they create a direct tie to Huītzilōpōchtli, who used Xiuhcoatl as his weapon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Templo_Mayor_stone_disk">Templo Mayor stone disk</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coyolx%C4%81uhqui&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Templo Mayor stone disk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discovery">Discovery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coyolx%C4%81uhqui&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MAF_0019174-038_(33327115952).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/MAF_0019174-038_%2833327115952%29.jpg/220px-MAF_0019174-038_%2833327115952%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/MAF_0019174-038_%2833327115952%29.jpg/330px-MAF_0019174-038_%2833327115952%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/MAF_0019174-038_%2833327115952%29.jpg/440px-MAF_0019174-038_%2833327115952%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="10630" data-file-height="7262" /></a><figcaption>Archaeologists of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia working at the place were the stone was discovered, 1978.</figcaption></figure><p> On February 21, 1978, a group of workers for the Mexico City electric power company came across a large shield-shaped stone covered in reliefs while digging.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stone they uncovered depicts the narrative of Coyolxāuhqui's defeat at Coatepec, shown at left. The discovery renewed the interest in excavating the ancient city of <a href="/wiki/Tenochtitl%C3%A1n" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenochtitlán">Tenochtitlán</a> underneath <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a>. This led to the excavation of the Huēyi Teōcalli (<a href="/wiki/Templo_Mayor" title="Templo Mayor">Templo Mayor</a>), directed by <a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Matos_Moctezuma" title="Eduardo Matos Moctezuma">Eduardo Matos Moctezuma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coyolxauhqui_en_el_Museo_Nacional_de_Antropolog%C3%ADa.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Coyolxauhqui_en_el_Museo_Nacional_de_Antropolog%C3%ADa.JPG/220px-Coyolxauhqui_en_el_Museo_Nacional_de_Antropolog%C3%ADa.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Coyolxauhqui_en_el_Museo_Nacional_de_Antropolog%C3%ADa.JPG/330px-Coyolxauhqui_en_el_Museo_Nacional_de_Antropolog%C3%ADa.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Coyolxauhqui_en_el_Museo_Nacional_de_Antropolog%C3%ADa.JPG/440px-Coyolxauhqui_en_el_Museo_Nacional_de_Antropolog%C3%ADa.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4176" data-file-height="3875" /></a><figcaption>Head of Coyolxāuhqui; circa 1500; <a href="/wiki/Diorite" title="Diorite">diorite</a>; 80 x 80 x 65 cm; <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Anthropology_(Mexico)" title="National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)">National Museum of Anthropology</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a>). As usual, she is shown decapitated and with closed eyelids, as her brother, Huitzilopochtli, beheaded her.</figcaption></figure> <p>This relief is one of the best known Aztec monuments and one of the few great Aztec monuments to have been found fully <i>in situ</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Location">Location</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coyolx%C4%81uhqui&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Coyolxāuhqui stone sat at the base of the stairs of the Huēyi Teōcalli, the primary temple of the Mexica in Tenochtitlan, on the side dedicated to Huitzilopochtli.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stone laid in the center of a platform that extended from the foot of the stairway. The temple is dedicated to Huītzilōpōchtli and the rain deity <a href="/wiki/Tl%C4%81loc" class="mw-redirect" title="Tlāloc">Tlāloc</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scholars believe that Mexica artists and builders incorporated images of the Coatepec narrative into the Huēyi Teōcalli during a major renovation from the years <a href="/wiki/Aztec_calendar" title="Aztec calendar">4 Reed to 8 Reed</a> (1483–1487) under the rule of Ahuitzotl.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eduardo Matos Moctezuma first noted that the monument's placement at the bottom of the Templo Mayor commemorated the history of Huītzilōpōchtli defeating Coyolxāuhqui in the battle on Mount Coatepetel. Matos Moctezuma has argued that the section of the Huēyi Teōcalli dedicated to Huītzilōpōchtli represents the sacred mountain of Coatepec where Huītzilōpōchtli was born and Coyolxāuhqui died.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Coyolxāuhqui stone was located in what was named Phase IV of the Templo Mayor during its excavation.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creation">Creation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coyolx%C4%81uhqui&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coyolx%C4%81uhqui.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Coyolx%C4%81uhqui.jpg/220px-Coyolx%C4%81uhqui.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Coyolx%C4%81uhqui.jpg/330px-Coyolx%C4%81uhqui.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Coyolx%C4%81uhqui.jpg/440px-Coyolx%C4%81uhqui.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2008" data-file-height="2028" /></a><figcaption>Original coloration of the stone disk, based on chemical traces of pigments.</figcaption></figure> <p>The artist of the Coyolxāuhqui stone carved this disk in <a href="/wiki/Relief" title="Relief">high relief</a> out of a single large stone, 3.25 meters in diameter. Aztec historian Richard Townsend describes it as one of Mesoamerican art's most powerfully expressive sculptures, using "an assurance of design and a technical virtuosity not previously seen at the pyramids."<sup id="cite_ref-:5_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The stone was likely created under the rule of Axayacatl (1469–1481).<sup id="cite_ref-:5_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Imagery">Imagery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coyolx%C4%81uhqui&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Imagery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the disk, Coyolxāuhqui lies on her back, with her head, arms, and legs severed from her body. Her head faces upwards, away from her torso and in profile view, with her mouth open. Her dismembered torso lies flat on her back. Her breasts sag downward. Her body is neatly yet dynamically organized within the circular composition. Scallop-shaped carvings line the points of decapitation and dismemberment at her neck, shoulders, and hip joints. In this representation, Coyolxāuhqui is nearly naked, barring her serpent loincloth.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She wears only the ritual attire of bells in her hair, a bell symbol on her cheek, and a feathered headdress.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These objects identify her as Coyolxauhqui. She wears a skull tied to a belt of snakes around her waist and an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ear_tab&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ear tab (page does not exist)">ear tab</a> showing the <a href="/wiki/Mexica" title="Mexica">Mexica</a> year sign. Snake, skull, and earth monster imagery surround her.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MaquizcoatlCoyolxauhqui.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/MaquizcoatlCoyolxauhqui.jpg/220px-MaquizcoatlCoyolxauhqui.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/MaquizcoatlCoyolxauhqui.jpg/330px-MaquizcoatlCoyolxauhqui.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/MaquizcoatlCoyolxauhqui.jpg/440px-MaquizcoatlCoyolxauhqui.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2685" data-file-height="1710" /></a><figcaption>Double-headed serpents restraining the joints of Coyolxāuhqui next to reference of a <a href="/wiki/Double-headed_serpent" title="Double-headed serpent">double-headed serpent</a> sculpture.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the image to the right, which represents the original colors of the stone, Coyolxāuhqui's yellow body lies before a red background. Bright blue colors her headdress and various details in the carving. White bones emerge from the scalloped, dismembered body parts. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Double-headed_serpent" title="Double-headed serpent">double-headed serpent</a>, also known as Maquizcoatl, were negative omens that could indicate death. Associated with Huītzilōpōchtli, as it was one of his names, creates a tie between the siblings. Coyolxāuhqui's joints being restrained by Maquizcoatl is both symbolic of her duty to serve a warning as well as identifying.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uses">Uses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coyolx%C4%81uhqui&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Coyolxāuhqui stone would have served as a cautionary sign to the enemies of Tenochtitlán. According to Aztec history, female deities such as Coyolxāuhqui were the first Aztec enemies to die in war. In this, Coyolxāuhqui came to represent all conquered enemies. Her violent death was a warning for the fate of those who crossed the Mexica people.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Richard Townsend notes that the disk represented the defeat of the Aztecs' enemies.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sacrificial victims crossed this stone before walking up the stairs of the temple to the block in front of Huītzilōpōchtli's shrine.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role_in_sacrifice">Role in sacrifice</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coyolx%C4%81uhqui&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Role in sacrifice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scholars also believe that the decapitation and destruction of Coyolxāuhqui are reflected in the pattern of the warrior <a href="/wiki/Human_sacrifice_in_Aztec_culture" title="Human sacrifice in Aztec culture">ritual sacrifice</a>, particularly during the feast of Panquetzaliztli (Banner Raising). The feast takes place in the 15th month of the Aztec calendar and is dedicated to Huītzilōpōchtli.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the ceremony, captives’ hearts were cut out and their bodies were thrown down the temple stairs to the Coyolxāuhqui stone. There, they were decapitated and dismembered, just as Coyolxāuhqui was by Huītzilōpōchtli on Coatepec.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coyolx%C4%81uhqui&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aztec_sun_stone" title="Aztec sun stone">Aztec sun stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_of_Motecuhzoma_I" title="Stone of Motecuhzoma I">Stone of Motecuhzoma I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_of_Tizoc" title="Stone of Tizoc">Stone of Tizoc</a></li> <li>[[Coatepec, Veracruz</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C4%81nquetzaliztli" title="Pānquetzaliztli">Pānquetzaliztli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coyolxauhqui_imperative" title="Coyolxauhqui imperative">Coyolxauhqui imperative</a>, a theory named after the goddess</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coyolx%C4%81uhqui&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCecilio_A._Robelo1905" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Cecilio A. 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title="Tōnacātēcuhtli">Tōnacātēcuhtli</a> and <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dnac%C4%81cihu%C4%81tl" title="Tōnacācihuātl">Tōnacācihuātl</a>)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quetzalcoatl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Quetzalcoatl.svg/90px-Quetzalcoatl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Quetzalcoatl.svg/135px-Quetzalcoatl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Quetzalcoatl.svg/180px-Quetzalcoatl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="575" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aztec_creator_gods" title="Aztec creator gods">Creator gods</a><br /><small>(Four Tezcatlipocas)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hu%C4%ABtzil%C5%8Dp%C5%8Dchtli" title="Huītzilōpōchtli">Huītzilōpōchtli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quetzalcoatl" class="mw-redirect" title="Quetzalcoatl">Quetzalcoatl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tezcatlipoca" title="Tezcatlipoca">Tezcatlipoca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xipe_Totec" title="Xipe Totec">Xipe Totec</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Camaxtle" class="mw-redirect" title="Camaxtle">Camaxtle</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Aztec_gods_and_supernatural_beings" title="List of Aztec gods and supernatural beings">Deities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lords_of_the_Night" title="Lords of the Night">Lords of the Night</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cente%C5%8Dtl" title="Centeōtl">Centeōtl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalchiuhtlicue" title="Chalchiuhtlicue">Chalchiuhtlicue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinteotl" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinteotl">Cinteotl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mictl%C4%81nt%C4%93cutli" title="Mictlāntēcutli">Mictlāntēcutli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piltzintecuhtli" title="Piltzintecuhtli">Piltzintecuhtli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tep%C4%93y%C5%8Dll%C5%8Dtl" title="Tepēyōllōtl">Tepēyōllōtl</a></li> <li>Tezcatlipoca (see <i>Creator gods</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tl%C3%A1loc" title="Tláloc">Tláloc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tlaz%C5%8Dlte%C5%8Dtl" title="Tlazōlteōtl">Tlazōlteōtl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiuhtecuhtli" title="Xiuhtecuhtli">Xiuhtecuhtli</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lords_of_the_Day" title="Lords of the Day">Lords of the Day</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Citl%C4%81licue" title="Citlālicue">Citlālicue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mict%C4%93cacihu%C4%81tl" title="Mictēcacihuātl">Mictēcacihuātl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanahuatzin" title="Nanahuatzin">Nanahuatzin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tl%C4%81huizcalpantecuhtli" title="Tlāhuizcalpantecuhtli">Tlāhuizcalpantecuhtli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tlaltecuhtli" title="Tlaltecuhtli">Tlaltecuhtli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dnatiuh" title="Tōnatiuh">Tōnatiuh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acolnahuacatl_(god)" class="mw-redirect" title="Acolnahuacatl (god)">Acolnahuacatl</a></li> <li>Acuecueyotl (see <i>Chalchiuhtlicue</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlahua" title="Atlahua">Atlahua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlacoya" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlacoya">Atlacoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalchiuhtotolin" title="Chalchiuhtotolin">Chalchiuhtotolin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chantico" title="Chantico">Chantico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicomec%C5%8D%C4%81tl" title="Chicomecōātl">Chicomecōātl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C4%ABmalm%C4%81" title="Chīmalmā">Chīmalmā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cihuac%C5%8D%C4%81tl" title="Cihuacōātl">Cihuacōātl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cihuatecayotl" title="Cihuatecayotl">Cihuatecayotl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cipactonal" title="Cipactonal">Cipactonal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C5%8D%C4%81tl%C4%ABcue" title="Cōātlīcue">Cōātlīcue</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Coyolxāuhqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ehecatl" title="Ehecatl">Ehecatl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu%C4%93huecoy%C5%8Dtl" title="Huēhuecoyōtl">Huēhuecoyōtl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huitztlampaehecatl" title="Huitztlampaehecatl">Huitztlampaehecatl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huixtocihuatl" title="Huixtocihuatl">Huixtocihuatl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilamatecuhtli" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilamatecuhtli">Ilamatecuhtli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%AAtzp%C4%81p%C4%81l%C5%8Dtl" title="Ītzpāpālōtl">Ītzpāpālōtl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itzpapalotlcihuatl" class="mw-redirect" title="Itzpapalotlcihuatl">Itzpapalotlcihuatl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itzpapalotltotec" class="mw-redirect" title="Itzpapalotltotec">Itzpapalotltotec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itztlacoliuhqui" title="Itztlacoliuhqui">Itztlacoliuhqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ixtlilton" title="Ixtlilton">Ixtlilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macuiltochtli" title="Macuiltochtli">Macuiltochtli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macuilxochitl" class="mw-redirect" title="Macuilxochitl">Macuilxochitl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malinalxochitl" title="Malinalxochitl">Malinalxochitl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayahuel" title="Mayahuel">Mayahuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metztli" title="Metztli">Metztli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mictlanpachecatl" title="Mictlanpachecatl">Mictlanpachecatl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mixcoatl" title="Mixcoatl">Mixcoatl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opochtli" title="Opochtli">Opochtli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxomoco" title="Oxomoco">Oxomoco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painal" title="Painal">Painal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patecatl" title="Patecatl">Patecatl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C4%93ccizt%C4%93catl" title="Tēcciztēcatl">Tēcciztēcatl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temazcalteci" title="Temazcalteci">Temazcalteci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tepozt%C4%93catl" title="Tepoztēcatl">Tepoztēcatl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tlacotzontli" title="Tlacotzontli">Tlacotzontli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tlalocayotl" title="Tlalocayotl">Tlalocayotl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tlilhua" title="Tlilhua">Tlilhua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toci" title="Toci">Toci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toltecatl" title="Toltecatl">Toltecatl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonantzin" title="Tonantzin">Tonantzin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicomec%C5%8D%C4%81tl" title="Chicomecōātl">Xilonen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X%C5%8Dchipilli" title="Xōchipilli">Xōchipilli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X%C5%8Dchiquetzal" title="Xōchiquetzal">Xōchiquetzal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xochitlicue" title="Xochitlicue">Xochitlicue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xocotl_(Aztec_god)" title="Xocotl (Aztec god)">Xocotl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xolotl" title="Xolotl">Xolotl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yacatecuhtli" title="Yacatecuhtli">Yacatecuhtli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zacatzontli" title="Zacatzontli">Zacatzontli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahuiateteo" title="Ahuiateteo">Ahuiateteo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centzonm%C4%ABmixc%C5%8Da" title="Centzonmīmixcōa">Centzonmīmixcōa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centzonhu%C4%ABtzn%C4%81hua" title="Centzonhuītznāhua">Centzonhuītznāhua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centzon_T%C5%8Dt%C5%8Dchtin" title="Centzon Tōtōchtin">Centzon Tōtōchtin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cint%C4%93teo" title="Cintēteo">Cintēteo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cihuateteo" title="Cihuateteo">Cihuateteo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civateteo" class="mw-redirect" title="Civateteo">Civateteo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ehecatotontli" title="Ehecatotontli">Ehecatotontli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ti%C4%81nquiztli" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiānquiztli">Tiānquiztli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tzitzimitl" title="Tzitzimitl">Tzitzimitl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiuhtotontli" title="Xiuhtotontli">Xiuhtotontli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anahuac_(Aztec)" title="Anahuac (Aztec)">Anahuac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aztl%C3%A1n" title="Aztlán">Aztlán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cemanahuac" title="Cemanahuac">Cemanahuac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicomoztoc" title="Chicomoztoc">Chicomoztoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Templo_Mayor" title="Templo Mayor">Huēyi Teōcalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mictl%C4%81n" title="Mictlān">Mictlān</a> (The <i>Underworld</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamoanchan" title="Tamoanchan">Tamoanchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teotihuacan" title="Teotihuacan">Teotihuacan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Heavens" title="Thirteen Heavens">Thirteen Heavens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tl%C4%81l%C5%8Dc%C4%81n" title="Tlālōcān">Tlālōcān</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tlillan-Tlapallan" title="Tlillan-Tlapallan">Tlillan-Tlapallan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dll%C4%81n" title="Tōllān">Tōllān</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Beliefs and <br />practice</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Five_Suns" title="Five Suns">Five Suns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Stinking_Corpse" title="The Stinking Corpse">The Stinking Corpse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aztec_use_of_entheogens" title="Aztec use of entheogens">Use of entheogens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Codices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aubin_Codex" title="Aubin Codex">Aubin Codex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesoamerican_Codices" title="Mesoamerican Codices">Aubin Manuscript no. 20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aubin_Tonalamatl" title="Aubin Tonalamatl">Aubin Tonalamatl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Azcatitlan" title="Codex Azcatitlan">Codex Azcatitlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Azoy%C3%BA" title="Codex Azoyú">Codices Azoyú I & II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libellus_de_Medicinalibus_Indorum_Herbis" title="Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis">Badianus Manuscript</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesoamerican_Codices" title="Mesoamerican 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