a deity; "Mother of Zapotlan" was a fertility goddess who invented oxitl (a turpentine unguent used to cure skin ailments) according to Sahagún
Zapotlan, "place of the zapotes," was a very common place name. The Zapotlan related to this goddess, Tzapotlantenan, may have been a barrio in Moyotlan, in the southwest quarter of Tenochtitlan.
The priest devoted to the goddess Tzapotlatenan had the obligation of providing yauhtli during her festival. This goddess pertained to the group of water deities.
yn cioateutl, yn jtoca Tzaputla tena. Ce cioatl, ipan mjxeoaia, yn oxitl ynacaio muchioaia: quipaleuja yn tenacaio, yn aqujn quaxocociuj, tozcamjiaoaciuj, motozcaoxiuja: = the Goddess of Zapotlan (Tzapotlan tenan). {She was} represented as a woman. From her substance was made turpentine. She healed men’s bodies; those with itch of the head; they who were hoarse used the turpentine unguent on the throat; (central Mexico, sixteenth century)