Name and Etymology:
Chicomecoatl, "Seven Serpents"
Xilonen, "Young Maize-Ear Doll"
Chalchiuhcihuatl
Chiccomeccatl
Religion and Culture of Chicomecoatl:
Aztec, Mesoamerica
Symbols, Iconography, and Art of Chicomecoatl:
In Aztec art, Chicomecoatl is often depicted with lines on a red face, a headdress, and ears of maize either in her hands or on her back. Sometimes she is a young woman with flowers, sometimes a woman whose embrace means death, and sometimes a mother with the sun a shield.
Chicomecoatl is Goddess of:
Maize
Food, Nourishment
Produce
Fertility
Equivalents in Other Cultures:
unknown — please email me if you have any information to add about this.
Story and Origin of Chicomecoatl:
unknown — please email me if you have any information to add about this.
Family Tree and Relationships of Chicomecoatl:
Wife and counterpart of Cinteotl, god of maize
Temples, Worship and Rituals of Chicomecoatl:
Every harvest season, a young girl impersonating Chicomecoatl would be ritually sacrificed. First she would be decapitated then her blood poured over a statue of Chicomecoatl. After this her headless corpse would be ritually flayed and her skin worn by a priest of Chicomecoatl. The same would occur at the festival of Hueytozoztli, when an impersonator would be sacrificed in order to encourage the growth of young corn. During Ochpanitztli, war captives would be killed by arrow sacrifice.
Mythology and Legends of Chicomecoatl:
unknown — please email me if you have any information to add about this.
