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ID: 901000160
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000160
Record Type: Character/Person

Macuilxochitl (Aztec deity)

Note: Aztec god of songs, dance, and music.

Names:
Macuilxochitl (Aztec deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Xochipilli (Aztec deity) (English,U,N)
Chicomexochitl (Aztec deity) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Aztec iconography> (P)
............<Aztec characters> (P)
................Macuilxochitl (Aztec deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
counterpart is .... Yya Sahuaco
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Aztec iconography, Aztec characters, Yya Sahuaco (Mixtec deity)) [901002082]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Aztec (culture or style)
.....(Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles, Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles and periods, Mesoamerican regional styles and periods, Mesoamerican, Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... music (performing arts genre)
.....(genres for performing arts, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Macuilxochitl (Aztec deity)
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 22 May 2012
................Kubler, Art and Architecture of Ancient America (1975)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Pillsbury et al, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts (2017) 306
Xochipilli (Aztec deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Getty Museum, Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire (2010)
Chicomexochitl (Aztec deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 22 May 2012
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Deities from the article pre-Columbian civilizations ," accessed 16 June 2017

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