the name of a deity, "Mother of the Gods" (or Gods-Their-Mother); a major aspect of the terrestrial-maternal-fertility deity complex
She was also named Tlalli yiollo (i.e. Tlalli iyollo; "Heart of the Earth") and Toci ("Our Grandmother"). Her powers were associated with healing, and therefore she was a favorite of physicians, including eye doctors, and of midwives. There are several paragraphs in this source with more detailed information about her. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
she was paired with Teteointa ("Father of the Gods" or "Gods-Their-Father"); both were part of the Xiuhtecuhtli Complex of deities, associated with fire and paternalism
no vmpa via y teteu ynan yoã conxuchimacaya y xucutl, ioã = Teteoinnan also went there and offered flowers to the xocotl.
This deity also bore other names, such as Toci, "Our Grandmother," and Tlalli iyollo, "Heart of the Earth." And she was iconographically and conceptually related to Tlazolteotl, "Filth Goddess."