Coyolxauhqui: The Dismembered Mexica Goddess Who Refuses to Be Forgotten
Beneath modern Mexico City lay the dismembered body of a Mexica deity. When Coyolxauhqui's monumental stone was rediscovered in 1978, it helped reopen the sacred world of Tenochtitlan. But her history is far more complicated than the modern label “Aztec moon goddess” suggests.
Tlazōlteōtl: The Aztec “Filth Eater” and the Sacred Power of Spiritual Cleansing
Among the deities of the Mexica (Aztec) pantheon, few are as misunderstood, and as powerful, as Tlazōlteōtl.
Often translated as the “Filth Eater,” her name can sound jarring at first encounter. But like many aspects of Mesoamerican spirituality, the meaning is layered, symbolic, and deeply tied to the realities of human experience.