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ID: 901002064
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002064
Record Type: Character/Person

Tlazoltéotl (Aztec deity)

Note: Goddess of sexual impurity and wrongful behavior, goddess of purification, steam bath, midwives, filth, and a patroness of adulterers. A facet of Coatlicue, who is a multifaceted being.

Names:
Tlazoltéotl (Aztec deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Ixcuina (Aztec deity) (English)
Tlaelquani (Aztec deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Aztec iconography> (P)
............<Aztec characters> (P)
................Tlazoltéotl (Aztec deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
aspect of .... Coatlicue
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Aztec iconography, Aztec characters, Coatlicue (Aztec deity)) [901002062]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
nationality is .... Aztec (culture or style)
.....(Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles, Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles and periods, Mesoamerican regional styles and periods, Mesoamerican, Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... adulterers
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... impurity
.....(culture-related concepts, culture and related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Tlazoltéotl (Aztec deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Ixcuina (Aztec deity)
................Pillsbury et al, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts (2017) 306
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Tlaelquani (Aztec deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlazolteotl#/media/File:British_Museum_Huaxtec_1-2.jpg
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 21 May 2018

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