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Coatlicue
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
May 29, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week we look at the Aztec goddess Coatlicue, whose name refers to the skirt of rattlesnakes that she wears. She is the mother of the 400 gods of the southern stars, and the war god Huitzilopochtli via a virgin birth, an event that prompted some of her other enraged children to attack and kill (or try to kill) her. The podcast focuses on her various attributes, and the way in which the celestial and chthonic are viewed differently in Aztec mythology.
Released:
May 29, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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