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    In Aztec religion, Coyolxāuhqui (Nahuatl pronunciation: [kojoɬˈʃaːʍki], "Painted with Bells") is a daughter of the priestess Cōātlīcue ("Serpent Skirt")...
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    The Coyolxāuhqui Stone is a carved, circular Aztec stone, depicting the mythical being Coyolxāuhqui ("Bells-Her-Cheeks"), in a state of dismemberment...
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    sun and war. In these myths, the Centzonhuītznāhua and their sister Coyolxāuhqui feel dishonored upon learning that their mother, the goddess Cōātlīcue...
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    The Coyolxauhqui imperative is a theory named after the Aztec goddess of the moon Coyolxauhqui to explain an ongoing and lifelong process of healing from...
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    down the pyramid where the Coyolxauhqui stone could be found. The Coyolxauhqui Stone recreates the story of Coyolxauhqui, Huitzilopochtli's sister who...
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  • goddess and guardian of infants. She may have been the same as Metztli and Coyolxāuhqui and the male moon god Tecciztecatl. Five Suns (mythology) Coulter, Charles...
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    devour humans on earth if the sun were to fail. The Coyolxauhqui Stone depicts the Aztec deity Coyolxauhqui who was the daughter of Coatlicue. In the usual...
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    mother of Centzon Huitznahua ("Four Hundred Southerners"), her sons, and Coyolxauhqui, her daughter. She found a ball filled with feathers and placed it in...
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  • of mat-makers. Cochimetl, god of commerce, bartering, and merchants. Coyolxāuhqui, goddess of the moon and leader of the Centzon Huitznahua. Cuetlāchcihuātl...
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    Set represented the moon in the ancient Egyptian calendar. Metztli, Coyolxauhqui and Tēcciztēcatl are all lunar deities in the Aztec religion. Many cultures...
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    subsequently gave birth to the god Huitzilopochtli. Her daughter the goddess Coyolxauhqui then rallied Coatlicue's four hundred other children together and goaded...
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  • night, and farmers. They were likely the same deity as Yohaulticetl or Coyolxauhqui and the male moon god Tecciztecatl; like the latter, who feared the Sun...
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    abstract shapes. Such shapes are among others the Man in the Moon (e.g. Coyolxāuhqui) or the Moon Rabbit (e.g. the Chinese Tu'er Ye or in Indigenous American...
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    goddess with a skirt made of rattlesnakes. The Coyolxauhqui Stone representing the dismembered goddess Coyolxauhqui, found in 1978, was at the foot of the staircase...
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    9.4 short tons). The relief on the stone was later determined to be Coyolxauhqui, Huitzilopochtli's sister, and was dated to the end of the 15th century...
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    stone disk depicting the vanquished Aztec goddess Coyolxāuhqui. The myth surrounding Coyolxāuhqui and her brother Huitzilopochtli has been interpreted...
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    Huitzilopochtli. With it, soon after his birth, he pierced his sister Coyolxauhqui, destroying her, and also defeated the Centzon Huitznahua. This incident...
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    Aztec stone disk depicting a dismembered Coyolxauhqui which was found during construction in 1978 in Mexico City. Its discovery led to the excavation of...
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    Underworld. She was Tzontemoc's wife. Chicomecoatl, goddess of agriculture. Coyolxauhqui, goddess or leader of the Centzonhuitznahua, associated with the moon...
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    theories including include the nepantleras, the Coyolxauhqui imperative (named for the Aztec goddess Coyolxāuhqui), spiritual activism, and others. Anzaldúa...
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    traditional version of the Virgin. Her cloak is covered in images of Coyolxauhqui, the Aztec moon goddess. The juxtaposition of Catholicism iconography...
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    turquoise, shell and traces of gilding; length: 43.3 cm; British Museum Coyolxauhqui Stone (Aztec); c. 1469–1481; stone; diameter: 3 m; Templo Mayor Museum...
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    their brighter, more important brother Huitzilopochtli. Their leader, Coyolxauhqui, goddess of the moon, lead them in an assault on the sun and every night...
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    Mexico and the Maya. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05068-6. Coyolxauhqui Metztli or Mextli Yohaulticetl v t e Myth. sfn error: no target: CITEREFMyth...
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  • latter of whom has something to tell Vic and Val. Tez is captured by Coyolxāuhqui, who plots to continue her plan of destroying the world, ending the series...
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    Church in the Barrio This Bridge Called My Back Theory Barrioization Coyolxauhqui imperative Gringo justice Nahui Ollin Nepantla New tribalism Rasquachismo...
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    Chicomecōātl Chīmalmā Cihuacōātl Cihuatecayotl Cipactonal Cōātlīcue Coyolxāuhqui Ehecatl Huēhuecoyōtl Huitztlampaehecatl Huixtocihuatl Ilamatecuhtli Ītzpāpālōtl...
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    massive stone disc depicting the nude dismembered body of the moon goddess Coyolxauhqui. The disc is 3.25 meters (10 ft 8 in) in diameter, and is held at the...
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  • forms. The following is a list of lunar deities: Deity Metztli Goddess Coyolxauhqui God Tecciztecatl Goddess Menily God Muuya[citation needed] Goddess Mama...
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    in the Coyolxauhqui-Chantico monument. Despite such associations, no colonial sources explicitly link Chantico to the Aztec deity Coyolxauhqui. Scholar...
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