For official Godchecker merch please visit our God Shop where a wide range of items are available to buy. CORAL CASTILLO on Instagram: " Aztec Fire Goddess- Chantico, is an Other realms: agriculture, human livelihood. He was a god of war, mostly. This obsidian mirror allowed him to see clearly at night. Her representations, in fact, usually displayed a crown made of spikes of a poisonous cactus, which was seen as a sign of aggressivity and peril, and at the top of her head was often present an ornament of feathers, which were a typical symbol of warriors. After being informed, Coatlicue miraculously gave birth to Huitzilopochtli. If you continue browsing you accept its use. It was believed that she lived in the family hearth, providing warmth, comfort, and peace. Chantico was the Aztec goddess that reigned over the fires in the family hearth. Nicknames: Movement of the Sun, 4 Movement. Chantico goddess of fire was the main character of an interesting myth describing food taboos among the Aztecs. On the brighter side, Aztec god Huitzilopochtli is also believed to be the Aztec sun god. Also known as Cantico. Later, it would become clear that this was probably Tlaltecuthli. At the same time, as noted by Eduard Seler, the character to whom the head belongs, represented in other objects, presents elements that can be easily associated with Chantico. In Aztec mythology, Xochiquetzal (Classical Nahuatl: Xchiquetzal [otiketsa]), also called Ichpochtli Classical Nahuatl: Ichpchtli [itpotti], meaning "maiden"), was a goddess associated with fertility, beauty, and love, serving as a protector of young mothers and a patroness of pregnancy, childbirth, and the crafts practiced by women such as weaving and embroidery. Goddess of: Maize. Chimalma is a Great Mother Goddess, and mother of the Absolute Being. Luckily for Mixcoatl, Smoking Mirror allowed him to exist on his own terms after, creating a whole new deity. One great temple was dedicated to him, which was built in a way of self-reflection. In addition to being a god of war, he was also a god of the sun, of women who died in childbirth and warriors who died in battle. She was married to Tezcatlipoca, the Aztec god of the sky and wind. Anyway, none of the surviving sources in their possession is able to confirm or clarify this point. While she was meant to fast during a festive period, she ate paprika with roasted fish. Because of a process of extension of her prerogatives, the Aztecs came to think of her as the protectress of their empire as a whole: it has been reported by the Spanish that Moctezuma, one of the last Aztec emperors, had an idol of the Aztec goddess Chantico with a removable leg, that he would have used as a tool to curse the land, obstructing the advance of Hernan Cortes.
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