a goddess of medicine. Clearly she is also an earth-goddess of the people of the populous valley of Zapotlan, on the other side of the Otomi country, adopted into the Mexican pantheon, but having no place in the calendar.
ILAMATECUTLI = “THE OLD PRINCESS”
- Area of Worship: Tehuacan (?); Cozcatlan (?); Chichimec.
- Minor Names: Citlallinicue = “She of the Starry Skirt.” Cozcamiauh = “Necklace of Maize.”
- Calendar Place: Thirteenth of the lords of the day-hours.
- Compass Direction: The Middle.
- Festival: Tititl (“stretching of limbs”) in the seventeenth month.
- Relationship: Spouse of Iztac Mixcoatl; variant of Tonacaciuatl or Ciuacoatl.
ASPECT AND INSIGNIA
Codex Borgia.—Sheets 9, 11: In this representation the goddess is shown with hair composed of heron-feathers and wearing a white garment. In the pictures of this codex the contracted corners of her mouth, due to old age, are indicated by a ring-shaped ornament worn below the upper lip.
Codex Borbonicus.—She has a skeleton’s head, which differs from that of the Death-god in that it is coloured yellow, with red lines instead of