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Maria Bartola
Flourished circa 1520s, Mexico CityMaría Bartola was an Aztec princess who wrote an account of the Spanish invasion of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán (now Mexico City). We know of her work from the Mexican... Read more
Chicomecoatl
Mythic, worshipped by the Aztecs of Central America, 1248–1521Literally "seven serpents," Chicomecoatl was the Aztec corn goddess, which by extension also made her a goddess of fertility, since corn, as the staple food of the Aztecs, was venerated... Read more
Coatlicue
Mythic, worshipped by the Aztecs of Central America, 1248–1521The Aztec serpent goddess of life and death, mother of the gods, stars, and the moon, Coatlicue was impregnated by a falling ball of feathers. In one legend, her children... Read more
La Malinche
b. circa 1505, Painalla, Mexico; date of death unknownLa Malinche, christened Doña Marina by the Spaniards, served as an interpreter, guide, and mistress to Hernán Cortés, the conquistador of Mexico. Little is known of her early life. Believed... Read more
Omeciuatl
Mythic, worshipped by the Aztecs of Central America, 1248–1521The Aztec creation goddess Omeciuatl (Omecihuatl) created all life on Earth with her husband, Ometecuhtli. Together they were seen as the male and female aspects of a single "Lord of... Read more
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