teteoh innan

See also: Teteoh innan

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

teteuynan (obsolete spelling)
Tēteoh īnnān

Etymology

From tēteoh, plural of teōtl (“divinity; god”), + īnnān (“their mother”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /teːˈteoʔ ˈiːnnaːn/, [teːˌté.oʔˈíː.nːaːn̥]

Proper noun

tēteoh īnnān (animate)

(mythology) (she is) the mother of gods; an aspect of Coatlicue as a mother goddess and primordial earth goddess.
- 1558-1585: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, f. 263r.
  Teteuynan inechichiuh / Motenholcupinticac / Tlaxapochtli in contlaliticac ycamapan
  Attire of tēteoh īnnān. Her lips are plumped with rubber. On her cheek is a [black] circle.

References

Rafael Tena (2012) La religión mexica, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, page 99

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