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Friday, November 29, 2013

Coatlicue

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Coatlicue (pron. Co-at-li-cu-e) or 'Serpent Skirt' was a major deity in the Aztec pantheon and regarded as the earth-mother goddess. Represented as an old woman, she symbolised the antiquity of earth worship and she presents one of the most fearsome figures in Aztec art.

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