ID: 901002057 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002057	Record Type: Character/Person

	Omecihuatl (Mesoamerican creator goddess)

Note: The female counterpart to Ometecuhtli, creator god(s). Controversial, but many scholars believe she is the same as Tonacatecuhtl; some believe she is one with her spouse Ometecuhtli, having dual male/female natures.

Names:

	Omecihuatl (Mesoamerican creator goddess) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Mesoamerican iconography> (P)
		............<Mesoamerican characters> (P)
		................Omecihuatl (Mesoamerican creator goddess) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Ometeotl
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Mesoamerican iconography, Mesoamerican characters, Ometeotl (Mesoamerican creator entity)) [901002059]

	consort/spouse of .... Ometecuhtli
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Mesoamerican iconography, Mesoamerican characters, Ometecuhtli (Mesoamerican creator god)) [901002056]

	is identified as .... Tonacacihuatl
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Aztec iconography, Aztec characters, Tonacacihuatl (Aztec fertility goddess)) [901002055]

	is protagonist for .... Ometeotl creation myth
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Aztec iconography, Aztec narratives, Ometeotl creation myth (Aztec narrative)) [901002058]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... creator god
	.....(deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	nationality is .... 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)

Sources:

	Omecihuatl (Mesoamerican creator goddess)
	................Leeming, Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2005)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Leeming, Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2005)