ID: 901001982 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001982	Record Type: Character/Person

	Mictecacihuatl (Nahua deity)

Note: ENGLISH: Spouse of Mictlanteuctli, Nahua deity of the dead. With her husband, ruled Mictlan, the land of the dead. SPANISH: Esposa de Mictlanteuctli, deidad nahua de los muertos. Con su esposo, gobernó Mictlan, la tierra de los muertos. HUASTECAN: Icihuauh Mictlanteuctli, totiotzin nahua tlen miquiliztli. Huanya itetah, tlanahuatihqui Mictlan, tlalli tlen miquiliztli.

Names:

	Mictecacihuatl (Nahua deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Mictecacihuatl (Nahua deity) (Classical Nahuatl-P,D,N)
	Mictecacihuatl (Nahua deity) (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl-P,D,N)
	Mictecacihuatl (Nahua deity) (Spanish-P,D,N)
	Mictlancihuatl (Nahua deity) (Classical Nahuatl,A)
	Mictecacíhuatl (Nahua deity) (English,U,N)
	Micteccacihuatl (Nahua deity) (English,U)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Nahua iconography> (P)
		............<Nahua characters> (P)
		................Mictecacihuatl (Nahua deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	consort/spouse of .... Mictlanteuctli
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Nahua iconography, Mictlanteuctli (Nahua deity)) [901001981]

	is ruler of .... Mictlan
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Nahua iconography, Nahua legendary places, Mictlan (Nahua legendary place)) [901001983]

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)

	culture/religion 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)

	affiliated/associated with .... Day of the Dead
	.....(Precolumbian holidays, religious holidays, holidays, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Mictecacihuatl (Nahua deity)
	................GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
	................Tena 2011a 29
	................Wimmer 2020
	Mictlancihuatl (Nahua deity)
	................Wimmer 2020
	................Simeon 1992 275
	Mictecacíhuatl (Nahua deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Micteccacihuatl (Nahua deity)
	................Simeon 1992 274

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Miclantecuhtli," accessed 21 July 2017
	................ GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-) FCIA008