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Coatlicue.
Headword:
Coatlicue.
Principal English Translation:
a deity; "Snakes-Her-Skirt" was a goddess of the earth and of fertility, possibly also called Iztac Cihuatl (White Woman); the mother of Huitzilopochtli was also called Coatlicue
Orthographic Variants:
Coatlan tonan
Attestations from sources in English:
auh in Vitzilobuchtli: no mjtoaia tetzavitl, ichica ca ҫan jvitl, in temoc injc otztic in jnan in coacue: caiac nez in ita = And Uitzilopochtli was also known as an omen of evil; because from only a feather which fell, his mother Coatl icue conceived. For no one came forth as his father (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Coatl icue: innan centzonuitznaoa. auh inveltiuh, itoca, Coiolxauh = Coatl icue, mother of the Centzonuitznaua. And their elder sister was named Coyolxauhqui. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
auh in iehoatl coatl icue, vncan tlamaceoaia, tlachpanaia, quimocuitlaviaia, in tlachpanalli = And this Coatl icue performed penances there; she swept; she was charged with the sweeping. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)