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  Creation
Citlalicue, whose name means "Star Skirt," is considered the embodiment of the Milky Way.
It is said that Citlalicue birthed a knife of flint.
To the depths of the earth descended Citlalicue, flint knife in Her hand, into the caverns of the earth.
www.geocities.com /Wellesley/1582/creation.html   (6833 words)

  
 Orpheus: Myths of the World: Central American and Mexican: The Gods of the Azteca
At first there was Citlalatonac and Citlalicue, the Sky-father and the Earth-mother.
Then Citlalicue gave birth to a knife of flint, and when this knife of flint was flung down it became the sixteen hundred Earth-gods.
They had to live as men and women of to-day have to live--by labouring and searching for their food.
www.sacred-texts.com /etc/omw/omw84.htm   (1029 words)

  
 Citlalicue - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In Aztec mythology, Citlalicue ("star garment"; also Citlalinicue, Ilamatecuhtli) was a goddess who created the stars along with her husband, Citlalatonac.
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This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Citlalicue contains research on
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Citlalicue   (74 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Citlalicue
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Citlalicue   (117 words)

  
 South Florida Wiccans
Featuring strongly in creation mythology, Chalchiuhtlicue presided over the fourth of the world ages that terminated in a great deluge.
She is the tutelary deity of the fourth of the thirteen heavens identified at the time of the Spanish conguest, Ilhuicatl Citlalicue (the heaven of the star-skirted goddess).
She takes the role of a vegetation goddess responsible for the flowering and fruiting of the green world, particularly corn; she also takes responsibility for such natural phenomena as whirlpools.
groups.msn.com /SouthFloridaWiccans/aztecgodsandgoddess.msnw   (628 words)

  
 ARARA :: issue 6 [Aztec scribes respond to Europe]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In native eyes, Mother Mary's familiarity with the midwives' tonalpoualli would be obvious; the ranging of its days in elevens (and cumulative counts of eleven, i.e.
66+66) by implication confirms her kinship with both the angels and the Star-Skirt (Citlalicue) of Aztec genesis.
From mother we return to son, and the passion that wounded his body.
www2.essex.ac.uk /arthistory/arara/issue_six/paper3.html   (7183 words)

  
 Mythological History
The fifth sun was created by different means.
Quetzalcoatl, Citlalicue, and Tezcatlipoca gathered around a bonfire at Teotihuacan for the sole purpose of creating a sun.
In order to create a sun, one of the gods had to jump into the bonfire.
communication.utsa.edu /mbatch/3413/site3x/cvillarreal/MythologicalHistory.html   (700 words)

  
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Xolotl, dog god and twin brother to Quetzalcoatl ruled the day.
Citlalicue (Star Skirt) gave birth to flint and hurled it to earth, creating the 1600 gods of rain and lightning.
Flint was worshipped as the giver of fire and its use for knives made it a symbol of human sacrifice.
www.chapala.com /chapala/signs/signs.htm   (1036 words)

  
 Tenochtitlan : Worship of Zacazontli   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Children were initiated here to the sect, though those seeking to display their extreme devotion to Oztoteotl would come here too, for the challenge of the macuilli, and to leave their mark on high for future generations.
Beautifully juxtaposed with memorial to a man who, according to legend, climbed with Citlalicue to the realm of Metztli.
Resonant underground chamber in this structure used for recording advanced religious visions in wall paintings.
www.mit.edu /~puzzle/04/aztec/MTU   (460 words)

  
 http://earthmomma.homestead.com/GoddessNames.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Indians of Mexico continued to worship this favorite goddess in a new form under the new religion and with a new name:Mary
Citlalicue - Creator goddess who along with Citlalatonac, created the stars.
Coatlique - Great goddess of fire and earth.
earthmomma.homestead.com /GoddessNames.html   (581 words)

  
 Descent of the Gods
Historically, it likely recounts an invasion of the Mexican heartland or a civil war.
This story also provides a different Aztec cosmogony than that related in the Creation chapter (see Citlalicue).
Coatlicue is a fl Goddess, dark of skin.
www.geocities.com /Wellesley/1582/gods.html   (7640 words)

  
 gaagal
GADRIEL - Grigori, charged with watching over Frank Castle, his neglect allowed his family to be killed, resurrected Punisher after his suicide, empowered him to fight demons, attacked Olivier and demons to make up for previous life
-MOTHER EARTH*, MOTHER NATURE*, GREAT MOTHER*, ADITI (Hindu)*, AKKA (Finnish), ALA (Yoruba)*, CITLALICUE (Olmec)*, COATLIQUE (Aztec)*, DANU (Celtic)*, EITHINOHA (Iroquois)*, ERCE (Russian)*, HOU-TOU (Chinese)*, JORD (Asgard)*, NANA (Dahomey)*, NEITH (Egypt)*, NERTHA (Germans)*, NINHURSAG (Sumerian)*, NOKOMIS (Algonquin)*, PACHAMAMA (Incan)*, PRAKRITI (Brahmanic)*, RANGI (Oceanic)*, VAAT (Siberian/Mongolian), YO (Japanese)*,
GAEA SHARD - crystal containing a sliver of her essence, used by Dr. Strange to fight off the Undying Ones
www.marvunapp.com /master/gaagal.htm   (1630 words)

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