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In Aztec mythology, Xochiquetzal ("flower feather") was a goddess of flowers, fertility, games, dancing and agriculture, as well as craftsmen, prostitutes and pregnant women. She was originally a moon and love goddess. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... The Aztec civilization recognized many gods and supernatural creatures. ... A Phalaenopsis flower A flower, (<Old French flo(u)r<Latin florem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). ...

She was followed by a retinue consisting of birds and butterflies. Worshippers wore animal and flower masks at a festival, held in her honor every eight years. For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Families Superfamily Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae Superfamily Papilionoidea: Papilionidae Pieridae Nymphalidae Lycaenidae Riodinidae A butterfly is a insect of the order Lepidoptera, from either of the superfamilies Hesperioidea (the skippers) or Papilionoidea (all other butterflies). ...

Her twin was Xochipilli and her husband was Tlaloc, until Tezcatlipoca kidnapped her and she was forced to marry him. At one point, she was also married to Centeotl and Ixotecutli. By Mixcoatl, she was the mother of Quetzalcoatl. In Aztec mythology, Xochipilli was the god of love, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, and song. ... Tláloc, as shown in the late 16th century Codex Rios. ... Tezcatlipoca as depicted in the Codex Borgia. ... In Aztec mythology, Centeotl (also Centeocihuatl or Cinteotl) was a god of maize (originally a goddess), and a son of Tlazolteotl and husband of Xochiquetzal. ... In Aztec mythology, Mixcoatl (Cloud Serpent) was a god of the hunt, the north star and war. ... Quetzalcoatl in human form, from the Codex Borbonicus Quetzalcoatl (feathered serpent or plumed serpent) is the Nahuatl name for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerican culture. ...

Anthropologist Hugo Nutini identifies her with the Virgin of Ocotlan in his article on patron saints in Tlaxcala. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... This article is about the Mexican state Tlaxcala. ...

Nutini, Hugo. G. "Syncretism and Acculturation: The Historical Development of the Cult of the Patron Saint in Tlaxcala, Mexico". Ethnology,), pp. 301-321

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