People revered the Aztec goddess of maize, Chicomecoatl ... Coatlicue was a fertility god and the patron god of the earth who represented the cycle of life and death. People often depicted ...

bearing the mesmerizingly horrific likeness of the earth goddess Tlaltecuhtli (pronounced tlal-TEK-tli)—the symbol of the Aztec life and death cycle, squatting to give birth while drinking her ...

a complex Aztec goddess. An Earth deity, she also ruled over the areas of love, fertility, and lust. She displayed a cruel streak, causing madness among some mortals. But in her role as a ...