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ID: 901002081
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002081
Record Type: Character/Person

Tlaltecuhtli (Mesoamerican deity)

Note: Deity of the Mexica (Aztec) and other Nahuatl-speaking cultures.

Names:
Tlaltecuhtli (Mesoamerican deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Mesoamerican iconography> (P)
............<Mesoamerican characters> (P)
................Tlaltecuhtli (Mesoamerican deity) (I)
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 .... Nahua (style or culture)
.....(Native Central Mexican styles, Native Middle American, Native American, Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Mexica
.....(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)

Sources:
Tlaltecuhtli (Mesoamerican deity)
................Pillsbury et al, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts (2017)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Pillsbury et al, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts (2017)

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