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ID: 901002054
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002054
Record Type: Character/Person

Tonacatecuhtli (Aztec creator deity)

Note: Aztec creator and fertility god, responsible for peopling the earth and growing plants. His female counterpart is Tonacacihuatl. May be the same as Ometecuhtli.

Names:
Tonacatecuhtli (Aztec creator deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Aztec iconography> (P)
............<Aztec characters> (P)
................Tonacatecuhtli (Aztec creator deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
consort/spouse of .... Tonacacihuatl
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Aztec iconography, Aztec characters, Tonacacihuatl (Aztec fertility goddess)) [901002055]
is identified as .... Ometecuhtli
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Mesoamerican iconography, Mesoamerican characters, Ometecuhtli (Mesoamerican creator god)) [901002056]

Other Relationships:
deity of .... fertility
.....(biological concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
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)
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)
located in .... Aztec Empire
.....(Mexico, North and Central America) (TGN)

Sources:
Tonacatecuhtli (Aztec creator deity)
................Taube, Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan (1992) 39
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
................Leeming, Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2005)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Taube, Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan (1992) 39
................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonacatecuhtli#/media/File:Tonacatecuhtli_standing.jpg
................ Leeming, Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2005)

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