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ID: 901002078
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002078
Record Type: Legendary Place

Chicomoztoc (Nahua origin place)

Note: Origin place of the Nahuatl-speaking peoples, including Aztec Mexicas, Tepanecs, Acolhuas, from central Mexico in the Postclassic period. May be associated with a real place, possibly northeast of the Valley of Mexico.

Names:
Chicomoztoc (Nahua origin place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Nahua iconography> (P)
............<Nahua legendary places> (P)
................Chicomoztoc (Nahua origin place) (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)
culture/religion is .... Nahua (style or culture)
.....(Native Central Mexican styles, Native Middle American, Native American, Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
located in .... Valley of Mexico
.....(México state, Mexico, North and Central America) (TGN)

Sources:
Chicomoztoc (Nahua origin place)
................Pillsbury et al, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts (2017) 308
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Pillsbury et al, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts (2017)
................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicomoztoc#/media/File:ToltecaChichimeca_Chicomostoc.jpg

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