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Tlazoltéotl |
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TlazoltéotlImportant and complex Aztec earth-mother goddess. She was known in four guises, each associated with a different stage in life. As a young woman, she was a carefree temptress. In her second form, she was the destructive goddess of gambling and uncertainty. In middle age, she was able to absorb human wrongdoing. In her final manifestation, she was a terrifying hag preying on youths. She was thought to provoke carnal lust and illicit sexual activity, but she could also grant absolution and remove corruption from the world by eating sexual filth. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Rosario superimposes Mexican goddesses, such as Tonantzin (earth goddess), Tlazolteotl (goddess of carnal sin, love, and confession), or Coatlicue (earth goddess) onto the image of the Virgin, juxtaposing them with the Spanish Nuestra Senora de los Remedios and Nuestra Senora del Perpetua Socorro. Coatlicue, the Serpent goddess, and her more sinister aspects, Tlazolteotl and Cihuacoatl, were "darkened" and disempowered . |
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