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Xochiquetzal, Aztec Goddess of Beauty & Fertility

Xochiquetzal, from the Codex Borgia. In Aztec mythology, Xochiquetzal was a goddess associated with concepts of fertility, beauty, and female sexual power, serving as a protector of young mothers and a patroness of pregnancy, childbirth, and the crafts practiced by women such as weaving and embroidery. Xochiquetzal is also representative of human desire, pleasure, and excess, appearing also as patroness of prostitutes and artisans involved in the manufacture of luxury items. The Codex Borgia is a Mesoamerican ritual and divinatory manuscript. It is generally believed to have been written before the Spanish conquest of Mexico, somewhere within what is now today southern or western Puebla. The Codex Borgia is a member of, and gives its name to, the Borgia Group of manuscripts. Cardinal Stefano Borgia owned it before it was acquired by the Vatican Library.

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Titre: Xochiquetzal, Aztec Goddess of Beauty & Fertility

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Xochiquetzal, from the Codex Borgia. In Aztec mythology, Xochiquetzal was a goddess associated with concepts of fertility, beauty, and female sexual power, serving as a protector of young mothers and a patroness of pregnancy, childbirth, and the crafts practiced by women such as weaving and embroidery. Xochiquetzal is also representative of human desire, pleasure, and excess, appearing also as patroness of prostitutes and artisans involved in the manufacture of luxury items. The Codex Borgia is a Mesoamerican ritual and divinatory manuscript. It is generally believed to have been written before the Spanish conquest of Mexico, somewhere within what is now today southern or western Puebla. The Codex Borgia is a member of, and gives its name to, the Borgia Group of manuscripts. Cardinal Stefano Borgia owned it before it was acquired by the Vatican Library.

Personnalités: AZTEC

Crédit: Album / Science Source / New York Public Library

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Taille de l'image: 4836 × 2650 px | 36.7 MB

Taille d'impression: 40.9 × 22.4 cm | 1903.9 × 1043.3 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: ART, ICONE • AZTEC • CÉLÈBRE • CELEBRITE • ICÔNE (ORTHODOXIE) • ICONE • ICONOGRAPHIE • ICÙNE • ILLUSTRATION • PEINTURE ICONE