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ID: 901002075
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002075
Record Type: Character/Person

Chicomecoatl (Aztec deity)

Note: One of the Aztec maize gods, representing mature, ripened corn.

Names:
Chicomecoatl (Aztec deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Aztec iconography> (P)
............<Aztec characters> (P)
................Chicomecoatl (Aztec deity) (I)
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)
deity of .... maize (species)
.....(Zea (genus), Poaceae (family), Poales (order), Liliopsida (class), Angiospermae (division), Plantae (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Chicomecoatl (Aztec deity)
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
................Pillsbury et al, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts (2017)
................Getty Museum, Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire (2010)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/vs00_5_28.jpg

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