Talk:Tlazōlteōtl

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merge proposal
Toci and Teteoinnan are quite frequently described as alternate names for the same deity, and both are also associated with or alternate names for Tlazolteotl. It's not clear to me whether there are sufficiently distinctive characteristics or aspects per name in order to warrant these being separate articles. May need to investigate the primary sources eg Sahagun on these, not clear under which primary name these should go (if they are to be merged).--cjllw | TALK  14:15, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Centeotl relationship to Tlazolteotl
I'm researching this for something I'm writing and nowhere can I find a source for the claim that Centeotl is son to Tlazolteotl. Whilst I find it is implied in Sahagun's Primeros Memoriales (Song of Atamalqualoiya) it is far from explicitly stated. However, elsewhere I find tales (Histoire du Mechique, Florentine Codex) in which Centeotl is expressly identified as son of Piltzintecuhtli and Xochiquetzal. So... is the Centeotl as son of Tlazolteotl just recieved wisdom perpetuated by people who can't be bothered to check their sources, or am I genuinely missing something? Six deer 15:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC) Six deer

Who wrote this article?
Huitzilpochtli used to be the worst article around, but now.. This article sounds like it was written by a 5th grader who is unknowledable in Aztec lore.

>Wife to Tezcatlipoca, she was a favorite goddess of criminals, prostitutes and other social outcasts

Yeah, Tez has 4 wives- Huixtocihuatl, Xochiquetzal, Xilonen, & Atlatonan. Tlazolteotl is his MOTHER IN LAW, as he is married to Xochiquetzal, her daughter. She is not married to him!

And the way this article writes about the Ahuianime is incorrect, as well as prositution in general in the Aztec world.

Xuchilbara (talk) 02:23, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Sin/confession
The Aztecs and other Nahuatl speakers saw the world in terms of balance/imbalace. Purification was to rid oneself or the world of dangerous, unbalancing forces. "Confession" was a Christian rite, and the sources that talk about confession are written by, or derived from Catholic priests who understood the Nahua world through their cultural lens. I'd be cautious before using "confession" in relation to this deity.--Barbara.e.mundy (talk) 18:50, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Reply
That is a good point, and I will provisionally change the wording to be purification instead of confession. Benito (talk) 17:32, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

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