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In the News (Fri 27 Nov 09)

  
  The More Things Change
"Huixtocihuatl was the Aztec god of war," Blair explained, unconsciously falling back into a familiar teaching mode.
He was worshipped because the people believed that he controlled the sun and rain and, basically, their fate.
She is not the messenger of the Great Huixtocihuatl.
www.wolfpanther.com /stories/themore.html   (10331 words)

  
 Sister Stories - Toxcatl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
On his feast in Toxcatl, when he was to die, he was first dressed, with eagle down covering his head, popcorn flower garlands and a stole of popcorn flowers, with shell jewelry, and the bells called oyoalli on his legs.
He wore these ornaments until he married his four brides, the human images of the goddesses Xochiquetzal, Xilonen, Atlatonan, and Huixtocihuatl.
When he was married, his hair was cut into a warrior's style, and his ornaments replaced with those of a warrior.
www.nyupress.org /sisterstories/toxcatl/toxcatl.html   (107 words)

  
 The Aztec Gateway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
When Toxcatl came the next year, he would be wedded to four women who were themselves ixiptla of the goddesses Xochiquetzal, Xilonen, Atlatonan, and Huixtocihuatl.
This month, with it’s dedication to the goddess of salt, was a continued celebration of the coming of water, along with the growth of the crops.
During this month, the city was decorated with water flowers, and a specially chosen sacrifice of a woman was given to Huixtocihuatl.
www.amoxtli.org /cuezali/festivals.html   (2784 words)

  
 Tecuhilhuitontli
She wasn't afraid, that was obvious, and if she'd ever had a thought of doing that then she, too, would've done it sooner, soon enough that it wouldn't spell disaster for the ceremony--as a refusal now would certainly do.
But, in the end, he held her hand tightly and led her out the door, out into the street, and to the ceremonial square, where the priests and priestesses were waiting for them, waiting to bathe her and get her into her costume.
Tezcatlipoca had decided that she was the perfect living vessel for Huixtocihuatl, and he'd probably decided that long ago.
necrobabes.org /samiam/stories/aztec/uixto.htm   (22768 words)

  
 Techuilhuitontli   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
"This Huixtocihuatl, so it was said, was thought to be the elder sister of the rain gods, the Tlalocs.
And it was thought that the Tlalocs were her brothers.
And they bore down on her neck with the beak of a swordfish, barbed, serrated, spinyÐhuitztic Ð spiny on either side."
mothermillennia.org /Carolyn/Techuilhuitontli.html   (239 words)

  
 Nordic Salt Legends
We like to name our equipment after local folklore having to do with salt.
Example: our instrument in the Gulf of Mexico is called Huixtocihuatl (the Aztec goddess of salt).
Please help us out by giving your suggestion of a name we could use for our instrument in the North Sea.
www.vikinganswerlady.com /saltlegd.htm   (3929 words)

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