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Chimalman is a goddess in Aztec mythology, the mother of Quetzalcoatl. Her name means "shield-hand." According to the Manuscript of 1558, section 7, the begetting of Quetzalcoatl happened in this wise :- "And then when Mixcoatl went to ... Huitznahuac, the woman Chimalman came out to confront him. ... She stood naked, without skirt or shift." While she stood thus, Mixcoatl shot an arrow "between her legs" -- on two separate occasions. "And when this had occurred, he took the woman of Huitznauac, the one who is Chimalman, and lay with her and so she became pregnant."[1]
According to the "Codex Chimalpopoca," referring to Quetzalcoatl, "...and his mother they say was Chimalman. And from what they say about him, Quetzalcoatl was placed in her belly when she swallowed a piece of jade." [2]
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Categories:- Aztec goddesses
- Aztec mythology and religion
- Mesoamerican mythology and religion
- Mesoamerican mythology stubs
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