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Xochiquetzal, Female Sexuality Oct 5th 2011, 10:02 Name and Etymology: Xochiquetzal, "Flower Quetzal," "Feathered Flower" Religion and Culture of Xochiquetzal: Aztec, Mesoamerica Symbols, Iconography, and Art of Xochiquetzal: Aztec art usually depicted Xochiquetzal as a young, beautiful woman wearing expensive clothes and gold ornamentation. She is also normally accompanied by birds and butterflies. Xochiquetzal was Goddess of: Female Sexuality Prostitutes Pleasure Love Beauty Flowers Weaving Young Mothers Arts & Crafts Domesticity Silversmiths Sculptors Equivalents in Other Cultures: unknown â€" please email me if you have any information to add about this. Story and Origin of Xochiquetzal: unknown â€" please email me if you have any information to add about this. Family Tree and Relationships of Xochiquetzal: Brother of Xochipilli, "Flower Prince" First wife of Tlaloc Mother of Quetzalcoatl Temples, Worship and Rituals of Xochiquetzal: Xochiquetzal was honored at a festival every 8 years. A young woman was chosen by artisans to impersonate the goddess; she would be sacrificed, flayed, and her skin given to a man to wear while pretending to weave. Artisans would dance around the scene and then confess their sins to a statue of Xochiquetzal through bloodletting. She was also one of the goddesses impersonated during the Toxcatl festival, ritually married to a young man and kept in luxury for a year before being killed. Mythology and Legends of Xochiquetzal: The first husband of Xochiquetzal was Tlaloc, the rain god, but she was kidnapped by Tezcatlipoca and forced to marry him.

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