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  Xochiquetzal
Xochiquetzal’s connection to menstruation links her to the moon and the underworld, for all of these involve cycles, release, and renewal.
Xochiquetzal is commonly depicted as wearing a blue tunic woven with flowers, a garland of green feathers and red and yellow flowers, and golden earplugs and pendants.
Succumbing to ‘temptation’, Xochiquetzal ate some of the fruit whereupon the tree shuddered and broke, bleeding as if wounded and revealing to all the other deities that she had broken the “taboo” and become pregnant.
members.shaw.ca /kitchenwitch/kitchenwitch/xochiquetzal.htm   (1765 words)

  
 glbtq >> social sciences >> Mexico
In their pantheon, the Mexicas worshipped a deity, Xochiquetzal (feathered flower of the maguey), who was the goddess of non-procreative sexuality and love.
Xochiquetzal was both male and female at the same time, and in her male aspect (called Xochipilli), s/he was worshipped as the deity of male homosexuality and male prostitution.
In Xochiquetzal's positive aspect, s/he was the deity of loving relationships and the god/dess of artistic creativity; it was said that non-reproductive love was like art--beautiful and rare.
www.glbtq.com /social-sciences/mexico.html   (794 words)

  
 Ritualni chutovky
Xochiquetzal je mlada, krasna a smyslna a tak vas jeji vzyvani pri tanci a zpevu ucini vice sexualne pritazlivou.
Aztekove oslavovali Xochiquetzal pri velke hostine, kde meli nasazene masky ptaku a kvetin.
Nasadte si masku a zpivejte a tancete po celem dome nebo zahrade a pritom v sobe pocitujte lehkost a ducha Xochiquetzal.
bohynecz.tripod.com /id45.html   (540 words)

  
 Xochiquetzal and Itzpapalotl Butterflies of Ancient Mexico, Cultural Entomology Digest 4
Xochiquetzal and Itzpapalotl Butterflies of Ancient Mexico, Cultural Entomology Digest 4
Xochiquetzal is the Goddess of love, flowers, vegetation and fire.
This image is a clay flat stamp with a mythical butterfly motif from Tula.
www.insects.org /ced4/itzpap.html   (52 words)

  
 CoH Champions Log Eggshells
Xochiquetzal: Once upon a time, warriors of this world would make an offering to Xtoh, she of the Jade Skirt, so that they would not drown while swimming.
Xochiquetzal: You were not playthings to offer your lives up on bloody altars, nor were you children never to come into your own.
Xochiquetzal: ‘Tis to be hoped that all of you represent a next stage in humanities uplifting.
www.icynic.com /~knowles/COH/LogEggshells.html   (3618 words)

  
 Straw Mosaics
Xochiquetzal refused to believe her lover was dead.
Her father did believe the rumors and arranged a diplomatic marriage for his daughter to a prince from a neighboring city.
Xochiquetzal refused the marriage and killed herself just as Popocatépetl returned to the city.
www.nuevosantander.com /straw.htm   (131 words)

  
 ..:: Fair Trade Producers - Mexico :: Fair Trade and Socially Conscious Gifts Online ::..
In 1991, Xochiquetzal helped 32 families to develop a lacquer workshop in the mountainous village of Olinalá, located in the Mexican state of Guerrero.
Xochiquetzal helps them to strengthen their production processes, and trains them in administration as well as export logistics.
Xochiquetzal is an export company that has worked with artisans in eight Mexican States and markets their products in Europe, the United States and Canada.
store.globalexchange.org /mexico1.html   (489 words)

  
 Lisa Hunt Gallery: Temperance - Fantasy art galleries at Epilogue.net - Fantasy and Sci-fi at their best©   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Xochiquetzal is a liberating goddess of sexuality, marriage and childbirth.
Xochiquetzal survived an apocalyptic flood by fleeing on a boat with a mortal.
Xochiquetzal is a reminder that after death, life can be born anew.
www.epilogue.net /cgi/database/art/view.pl?id=77027   (364 words)

  
 Global Exchange : Mexico.html
Xochiquetzal is one of Global Exchange's strongest trading partners, and we have been purchasing lacquer boxes and trays, recycled glass housewares, Oaxacan fl pottery, tin, amate paper, handwoven baskets, and many other beautiful Mexican crafts from them for many years.
Xochiquetzal promotes tinwork from a small family producer in the foothills on the outskirts of Oaxaca.
Xochiquetzal purchases Black Pottery through the Regional Association of Craftswomen of Oaxaca, a collective of women artisans who have organized themselves to promote the "magic of the arts and crafts in Oaxaca (which) is expressed through its materials, shapes, designs, textures, and colors, which compose the greatest and most important richness of the state."
www.globalexchange.org /campaigns/fairtrade/stores/producers/Mexico.html   (1246 words)

  
 Equoland Commercio Equo e Solidale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
XOCHIQUETZAL S.A de C.V e XOCHIPILLI A. Città del Messico, MESSICO
Xochiquetzal S.A. de C.V. è un'impresa volta a commercializzare i prodotti per finanziare lo sviluppo di nuovi articoli e trovare nuovi mercati.
I gruppi possono essere organizzazioni, o famiglie o micro-imprese, con meno di 30 lavoranti, nei quali i maggior beneficiari siano donne, che partecipano al lavoro manuale, amministrativo e di vendita.
www.equoland.it /prodotti/xochiquetzal.shtml   (767 words)

  
 NeighborSpace | Garden Map
Xochiquetzal Peace Garden has become a study of the environment for the Whittier Elementary School children.
The Quetzal is an endangered bird which is found in the rain forests of Central America and is the most sacred symbol of the Mayas, many of whose descendants now live in Guatemala and the Mexican states of Yucatan, Quintano Roo, and Chiapas.
There is a very close connection between Proyecto Xochiquetzal and the school - approximately 10 teachers were among the founding members of this community group.
www.neighbor-space.org /pg_xochiquetza.htm   (383 words)

  
 CoH Champions Log Joe_Sho
Xochiquetzal: Oh, as a scientist, I believe that you cannot correctly extrapolate the general until you understand the specific.
Xochiquetzal: It might not be so bad.
Xochiquetzal: It is my work's thesis that -- humans, super humans, at least -- have developed to the point of being equals to the nobles of Technoctitlan.
www.icynic.com /~knowles/COH/LogJoe_Sho.html   (2707 words)

  
 Beauty Worlds: The Aztec Goddess of Beauty, Xochiquetzal, and Yappan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Xochiquetzal had been married to Tlaloc, the god of Rain, but Tezcatlipoca, Lord of the Smoking Mirror, kidnapped her and brought her to the Nine Heavens where he made her the Goddess of Love.
Xochiquetzal was angry with him because she felt rejected and determined to successfully tempt Yappan.
He brought her to the place where Yappan had succumbed to the temptations of Xochiquetzal and murdered her.
www.beautyworlds.com /xochyappan.htm   (693 words)

  
 Xochiquetzal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Xochiquetzal was also the divinity of painters, embroiders, weavers, silversmiths and sculptors.
At the foot of the temple special priests took the bodies of the sacrificed virgins to the Ayauhcalli, "the house of the mist", which was a sort of cellar built especially for this sacrifice, where the bodies were kept.
A woman in the guise of Xochiquetzal was ritually killed and flayed and a priest wearing her skin would sit at the foot of the temple while area craftsmen dressed as monkeys, ocelots, dogs, coyotes, and jaguars would dance about her while she pretended to weave cloth.
www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Journals/Journal/293538   (656 words)

  
 MythHome: Xochiquetzal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Xochiquetzal had been married to Tlaloc, the god of Rain, but Tezcatlipoca, Lord of the Smoking Mirror, persistently wooed her until she ran away with him to the Nine Heavens where he made her the Goddess of Love.
Xochiquetzal was angry with him because his chasteness made her feel rejected and determined to successfully tempt Yappan.
He brought her to the place where Yappan had succumbed to the temptations of Xochiquetzal and murdered her so she would not live in misery as a human, and so Yappan would have a companion.
www.mythhome.org /xochtzal.html   (367 words)

  
 FAMSI - John Pohl's - Ancient Books - Borgia Group Codices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Xochiquetzal: Patron of the nineteenth trecena beginning with the day sign One Eagle.
Xochiquetzal was the consort of Xochipilli, Flower Prince, and together they embodied the finest characteristics of the nobility.
Xochiquetzal was a patroness of royal craftspeople and she frequently appears wearing richly embroidered capes and skirts, as well as lavish jewelry.
www.famsi.org /research/pohl/jpcodices/pohlborgia4.htm   (466 words)

  
 xochiquetzal peace garden
Donna passed out the first draft of the Xochiquetzal Blog and we decided to get it going and will be adding links to other gardening groups that work with us.
Donna pasado fuera del primer bosquejo del Xochiquetzal Blog y nosotros decidía a conseguirlo que iba y agregará acoplamientos a otros grupos que cultivaban un huerto que trabajan con nosotros.
Jardín de la paz de Xochiquetzal en una manta de la nieve.
homepage.mac.com /donnaoppolo/iblog/B461398194/index.html   (1902 words)

  
 Pokie Magic Pokies: Aztec 5, 6 and Special Edition
Bow to the all powerful Xochiquetzal as you harness the power of the third reel and bring amazing wins through the exciting free games.
The Xochiquetzal feature is won only during the Quaxecatacal Free games when FOUR or more flower symbols show anywhere on screen (Five in the Special Edition).
At the end of the flower spins the number of flowers showing on screen is the number of Xochiquetzal free games you have won.
www.pokiemagic.com /games/game-aztecinvaders.htm   (633 words)

  
 THE LIVING HEAD
Acatl's betrothed, Princess Xochiquetzal, is commanded to join her lover in death.
The scientists walk towards the remains of Xochiquetzal, but she vaporizes before their eyes, due to the change in air pressure.
Xiho now realizes that Xochiquetzal was merely carrying out her sworn duty to protect Acatl, her loved one.
www.kgordonmurray.com /h16.html   (2879 words)

  
 Schorer | Schorer internationaal: Nicaragua
17-11-2004 - In Nicaragua werken we samen met de organisatie Xochiquetzal, een van oorsprong LGBT-organisatie die zich sterk maakt voor seksuele diversiteit en vrijheid.
Xochiquetzal is een goed voorbeeld van hoe een kleine basisorganisatie door projectsubsidies kan uitgroeien tot een expertise- en gezondheidscentrum waar homomannen, lesbische vrouwen, travestieten, biseksuelen en ook hetero’s met hiv integrale ondersteuning krijgen.
Schorer heeft met het team van professionals van Xochiquetzal een trainingsprogramma ontwikkeld en de organisatorische opzet van het buddyproject verder uitgewerkt.
www.schorerstichting.nl /nieuws_view.asp?ID=39   (236 words)

  
 Aztec Astrology: Xochiquetzal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Xochiquetzal, Flower-Feather, is the goddess of Flower and Song and goddess of the arts.
Associated with the female part of the primordial couple.
It is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
www.aztec-astrology.com /god/Xochiquetzal.html   (44 words)

  
 Prevenir el VIH es Vital para Todos
Iniciamos la investigación en septiembre del 2002, un mes después que arrancó el proyecto Atención Integral a Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes Trabajadores en Explotación Sexual Comercial en Chinandega, donde tenemos una sede de Xochiquetzal financiada por la Unión Europea a través del Grupo Voluntariado Civil de Italia, se coejecuta con este organismo internacional.
Xochiquetzal para realizar estas investigaciones, para ejecutar su trabajo, se financia con fondos otorgados por diferentes organismos internacionales como NORAD, HIVOS Holanda, la Unión Europea y otros.
Quiero aprovechar la oportunidad, para agradecer profundamente a Páginas Verdes, por permitirnos de manera permanente a lo largo de estos diez años de circulación, recibir el mensaje de tan diversos sectores de la sociedad y comunicar lo que estamos haciendo para promover mejores niveles en nuestra población.
www.euram.com.ni /pverdes/Entrevista/esperanza_perez_cuadra_189.htm   (574 words)

  
 Retirement plan for prostitutes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the coming months, 60 of these elderly prostitutes will move into an 18th-century building donated by the local government and located in San Jacinto square in the heart of Mexico City.
The project to create a home for elderly prostitutes, to be named Xochiquetzal after the Aztec goddess of the earth and love, came into being thanks to Carmen Munoz, 45, a sex worker who sought backing from figures such as Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska and the leftist mayor of Mexico City, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
The unique project seeks to spur action to improve the living conditions of elderly sex workers.
www.news24.com /News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1719841,00.html   (477 words)

  
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 Thanks, Xochiquetzal!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As soon as Chan sees the two enormous glasses that Xochiquetzal puts in front of her, she empties one in the blink of an eye.
And then she looks at the lady who has been so kind to bring her the drinks.
As Xochiquetzal tries to argue, she adds with a smile on her face: "Well, there are still costumers in here, so you must have done well."
www.ancientworlds.net /407546   (165 words)

  
 U-blog / heliocoeur / Xochiquetzal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Xochiquetzal symbolise l'amour, la volupté, la sensualité, le désir et le plaisir.
Elle représente tout ce qui est beau et, par conséquent, sera la protectrice des artistes.
Xochiquetzal est l'épouse de Centeotl, Dieu du Maïs et des semences, fils de Tlazolteotl.
www.u-blog.net /heliocoeur/article/Xochiquetzal   (79 words)

  
 Tradiciones.- Delegación Xochimilco
El tercer Señor de los Xochimilcas fue TlahuicatlI o Atlahuicatl, que encabezó su mandato durante 10 años y estableció el culto a la diosa Xochiquetzalli, que era la diosa de las flores.
Pero no nada más a ella se le rendía culto, sino a los dioses del agua y de la vegetación, quienes jugaron un papel muy importante, como Tláloc quien según se cuenta tuvo por primera esposa a Xochiquetzal, la diosa de las flores y del “bien querer”, la que le fue robada por Tezcatlipoca
Xochiquetzal, “la flor de pluma rica”, es la personificación de la belleza y el amor, diosa de las flores y la patrona de las labores domésticas; pero es también patrona de las cortesanas, lasauianime o maquí, que viven con los guerreros solteros, porque que fue raptada por el joven dios Tezcatlipoca, el guerrero del norte.
www.xochimilco.df.gob.mx /tradiciones/ferias/flor.html   (667 words)

  
 Wondrous Vulva Puppet Gallery (3)
She lives in Tamoanchan, the Place of Our Origin and guards over the Tree of Life.
Xochiquetzal is made from vibrant blue velvet, with green and light blue silk.
She is adorned with Lapis Lazuli beads and blue seed beads.
www.yoni.com /vulvas/wintervulva3.html   (561 words)

  
 Hadas de México y Centroamérica, Enciclopedia Fantasía, Vicente Duque
Xochiquetzal se atribuye la actividad amorosa y artística de la Mujer.
Día 20 dedicado a Xochiquetzal, Flor Preciosa, Flor de Plumas
"Xochiquetzal, 'La Flor Preciosa', fue una doncella de incomparable hermosura de la que apasionadamente se prendó el dios TEZCATLIPOCA y, como no fue correspondido, la raptó y la convirtió en diosa,...."
gemart.galeon.com /duque.htm   (964 words)

  
 Xochiquetzal Photo | TrekLens
Quetzalcóatl sustrajo the small bush of red flowers, fastened to long branches of lengthened leaves, bowed toward the earth, to which offered their dark fruits.
It planted in the fields of Tula the arbolito and he requested to Tláloc that fed him with the rain, and to Xochiquetzal that adorned it with flowers.
It was sacred liquor and they took it sour or I make bitter.
www.treklens.com /gallery/North_America/Mexico/photo3847.htm   (314 words)

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