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	Chicomecoatl
		Every September a young girl representing Chicomecoatl was sacrificed.
		She is regarded as the female counterpart of the maize god Cinteotl, their symbol being an ear of corn.
		Article "Chicomecoatl" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 05 April 2001 (Revision 2).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/c/chicomecoatl.html (128 words)

	Avatars of the Goddess
		Each September a young girl representing Chicomecoatl was decapitated, and her blood collected and poured over an idol of the goddess.
		The corpse was then flayed, and the skin worn by a priest.
		Chicomecoatl can be represented as a girl with waterflowers, a woman whose embrace means certain death or as a mother who carries the sun as a sheild.
	www3.sympatico.ca /chartreuse/AvatarsOfTheGoddess/html/Content_Aztec.htm (1444 words)

	Sister Stories - Chicomecoatl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Chicomecoatl, Seven Serpent, represented maize in all its forms as processed food.
		She had red face painting, a paper headdress, and water flowers on her skirt and blouse.
		In her hand she carried the sun shield, tonatiuh chimal.
	www.nyupress.org /sisterstories/landofwomen/chicomecoatl.html (38 words)

	MONTHLY FESTIVALS OF THE MEXICA - Chicano Forums
		The deities Centeotl, Chicomecoatl, and Tlaloc were primarily worshiped during this time.
		Ritual sacrifice of children on Mt. Tlaloc and at Pantitlan in Lake Tezcoco.
		War season is initiated with the distribution of warrior insignia by the Great Speaker.
	www.chicanoforums.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=7721 (2870 words)

	Maize Deity (Chicomecoatl) [Mexico; Aztec] (00.5.51) \| Object Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Among the many female deities worshipped by the Aztecs, those responsible for agricultural fertility held a prominent place.
		This sculpture depicts Chicomecoatl (seven serpents), a goddess of sustenance, especially of edible plants and corn.
		She is shown standing on bare feet wearing a long skirt held in place with a belt, and holding in her right hand two maize ears.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ho/08/canm/hod_00.5.51.htm (232 words)

	Chicomecoatl - WiccanWeb.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Chicomecoatl in an illustration from Rig Veda Americanus, an 1890 book on American aboriginal literature
		In Aztec Mythology, Chicomecoatl ("Seven Serpent", also the name of a day of the Aztec calendar) was a goddess of food and produce, especially maize and, by extension, a goddess of fertility.
		This page was last modified 09:09, 21 December 2005.
	www.wiccanweb.ca /wiki/index.php/Chicomecoatl (164 words)

	Index
		Chalchiucihuatl, a name of the goddess Chicomecoatl, 59.
		Chicomecoatl, the goddess, hymn to, 59; functions Of, 59, 60; her names, 60.
		Chicomolotl, a name of the goddess Chicomecoatl, 59
	www.sacred-texts.com /nam/aztec/rva/rvaidx.htm (607 words)

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		Arise, awake, leave us not unprotected on the way, conduct us to the home of Tlaloc.
		The goddess Chicomecoatl, "seven guests," was the deity who presided over food and drink.
		Hence in the first verse she is referred to as Chicomolotl, "seven ears of corn," and is spoken of as a guide to Tlalocan, or the home of abundance.
	www.harvestfields.netfirms.com /ebook/NativeTribal/02bk/rigv16.htm (228 words)

	Xilonen
		Traditional stone image showing the Xilonen carrying corn.
		A second traditonal glyph showing the Xilonen or Chicomecoatl
		For parents who want to their children to receive the traditional "CORN BLESSING" or take an AZTEC name in 2006 -
	www.danzacuauhtemocbp.homestead.com /Xilonen.html (325 words)

	artsmia: Exhibition: Sacred Symbols
		The Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of Morton D. May, 291:1978
		This sculpture of the Aztec Corn Goddess, Chicomecoatl, wears an elaborate tiered headdress topped by four carved medallions, two each in the front and back, with a cylindrical projection in the center.
		She holds two pairs of ripe, tasseled cobs of corn in her extended hands.
	www.artsmia.org /sacred-symbols/preview-corn-goddess.html (99 words)

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