ID: 901002055 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002055	Record Type: Character/Person

	Tonacacihuatl (Aztec fertility goddess)

Note: Aztec goddess responsible for creation and fertility. May be the same as Ometecuhtl. Consort of Tonacatecuhtli.

Names:

	Tonacacihuatl (Aztec fertility goddess) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Aztec iconography> (P)
		............<Aztec characters> (P)
		................Tonacacihuatl (Aztec fertility goddess) (I)

Related Iconography:

	consort/spouse of .... Tonacatecuhtli
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Aztec iconography, Aztec characters, Tonacatecuhtli (Aztec creator deity)) [901002054]

	is identified as .... Omecihuatl
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Mesoamerican iconography, Mesoamerican characters, Omecihuatl (Mesoamerican creator goddess)) [901002057]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... goddess
	.....(deities, 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 .... fertility
	.....(biological concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Tonacacihuatl (Aztec fertility goddess)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Taube, Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan (1992)