[BenLurkin]

Tezcatlipoca (another major deity)

You know. The 'other guy'.

[Scarlett156]

Bloodthirsty female deities are not all that uncommon. Kali has a beautiful, seductive aspect but is typically shown with gruesome tokens like human heads hanging from her belt. The fertility goddess Astarte from old Mesopotamia was also the war goddess.

It’s starting to sound like old Tlaltecuhtli might be getting ready to eat part of Hawaii.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

The drugs they took built up over time.

[PeterPrinciple]

Tlaltecuhtli was dual-gendered

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from the article...............

[GaltAdonis]

Snazzy dresser though....

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

What’s interesting is that this isn’t too far removed from the myths of ancient Europe/Asia. Often, some primordial monster— a leviathan, a giant snake, a great giant born from chaos, etc.,—will be killed by the Sky God (like Zeus) and maybe a few of his relatives and molded into planet Earth, often making humanity in the process perhaps from the monster’s blood.

[nwrep]

Thank God for the Conquistadors. Cortes Uber alles.

[Chode]

Tlahēlcuāni (”she who eats tlahēlli or filthy excrescence [sin]”)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlaz%C5%8Dlte%C5%8Dtl

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

In most religions, fertility goddesses are depicted as the culture's epitome of beauty, like Aphrodite of ancient Greece or Venus of ancient Rome.

Neither were the goddess of fertility.

She, as they were essentially the same, Rome ripped off the Greek pantheon so they could have a state religion, was the goddess of passion.

Demeter was the goddess of fertility.

[Bonemaker]

"She was described as having the skin of a crocodile, huge sharp fangs, and gaping mouths at her elbows and knees."

[SoConPubbie]

Yea, all cultures are good, right?