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| <sup>(Also //Cantico//)</sup> | <sup>(Also //Cantico//)</sup> |
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| **Chantico** (She Who Dwells in the House) is a [[teteo|God]] who reigns over volcanoes and the fires in family hearths. She was associated with the town of [[Xochimilco]], stonecutters, as well as warriorship. Chantico was described in various [[mesoamerica#history|Pre-Columbian]] and colonial codices. Chantico is also said to also have been called Quaxolotl (Two Headed), possibly identifying her with [[Xolotl]]. Chantico was also known by Her [[calendric name]], Chicunaui itzcuintli (Nine Dog). According to interpreter [[Pedro de Rios]], Chantico was also known as "Lady of the Capsicum-Pepper" and "Yellow Woman." Chantico was known to stonecutters as Papaloxaual (Butterfly Painting) and Tlappapalo (She of the Red Butterfly). | **Chantico** (She Who Dwells in the House) is a [[teteo|God]] who reigns over volcanoes and the [[fire|fires]] in family hearths. She was associated with the town of [[Xochimilco]], stonecutters, as well as warriorship. Chantico was described in various [[mesoamerica#history|Pre-Columbian]] and colonial codices. Chantico is also said to also have been called Quaxolotl (Two Headed), possibly identifying her with [[Xolotl]]. Chantico was also known by Her [[calendric name]], Chicunaui itzcuintli (Nine Dog). According to interpreter [[Pedro de Rios]], Chantico was also known as "Lady of the Capsicum-Pepper" and "Yellow Woman." Chantico was known to stonecutters as Papaloxaual (Butterfly Painting) and Tlappapalo (She of the Red Butterfly). |
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| ===== Iconography ===== | ===== Iconography ===== |
| Other iconographic markers associated with Chantico includes itzcactli ("obsidian sandals"), seen in the Codex Aubin Tonalamatl's representation of Chantico, and representations of a solar picture, seen in a golden pendant seen in the Codex Telleriano Remensis's depiction of Chantico. | Other iconographic markers associated with Chantico includes itzcactli ("obsidian sandals"), seen in the Codex Aubin Tonalamatl's representation of Chantico, and representations of a solar picture, seen in a golden pendant seen in the Codex Telleriano Remensis's depiction of Chantico. |
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| [{{ :chantico.jpg?200 |Chantico. From [[Codex Ríos]]}}] | [{{ :chantico.jpg?225 |Chantico. From [[Codex Ríos]]}}] |
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| | [{{ :xantico_codex_borgia.jpg?225 |Chantico. From [[Codex Borgia]]}}] |
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| | [{{ :chantico_borgia_7.png?150 |Chantico, depicted as a symbolic eagle's foot. From [[Codex Borgia]]}}] |
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| ===== Timeline ===== | ===== Timeline ===== |
| ===== Myths ===== | ===== Myths ===== |
| According to the [[Codex Rios]], during a religious festival involving fasting, [[Tonacatecuhtli]] turned Chantico into a dog when She broke Her fast by eating roasted fish and paprika, giving Her the calendric name "Nine Dogs." It was said that those born on the ninth day of the eighteenth trecena, over which Chantico presided, would encounter misfortune. | According to the [[Codex Rios]], during a religious festival involving fasting, [[Tonacatecuhtli]] turned Chantico into a dog when She broke Her fast by eating roasted fish and paprika, giving Her the calendric name "Nine Dogs." It was said that those born on the ninth day of the eighteenth [[trecena]], over which Chantico presided, would encounter misfortune. |
| ===== Community Gnosis ===== | ===== Community Gnosis ===== |
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