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In Aztec mythology, Tlazolteotl (also known as Ixcuiname) was an earth, sex, childbirth and a mother goddess. She was referred to as "the eater of filth" because she visited people at the end of their lives who confessed their sins to her; she then ate the person's "filth" (sins).


Main Belief

Tlazolteotl was considered responsible for infidelity yet she was the granter of pardon.

Aztecs confessed to her in the form of a priest but the ritual was held after penances. The ritual was enabled with a letter of confession, which also released the confessing person to be released from accountability for legal consequences of his behaviour.

Tlazolteotl was the patron of steam baths, known as temazcalli, as well as goddess of renewal. Due to the latter, the Aztecs sacrificed a young man to her every year. The victim was killed, then his skin was used to cover the Goddess-shaped statue.

She had a son, Centeotl.

Tlazolteotl presides over the 13th trecena of the sacred 260 day year.


Description

  • Tlazolteotl was a young beautiful girl wearing a rubber mask and a crescent-shaped ornament in her nose.
  • She was also described as having spindles in her hair to show she was the patron of spinners.


The Sin of the Flesh

Affairs out of marriage were said to spread a stench around those who indulged in them. The smell was named tlazolmiquiztli, meaning “death produced by love”.


References

  • Comte, Fernand - The Wordsworth Dictionary of Mythology, Wordsworth Editions[1]
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