coatlan tonan

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Classical Nahuatl

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Etymology

From cōātlān (in the place of snakes) +‎ tonān (our mother).

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Noun

cōātlān tonān (animate)

  1. (mythology) (she is) Our Mother from the Place of Snakes, an appellation of the goddess Coatlicue.
    • 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 88v:
      Los officiales delas flores q́ se llaman xochimanque hazian fieſta a su diosa llamada coatlycue, y por otro nóbre coatlantona.
      The officials of the flowers called xochimanque celebrated a goddess of theirs called Coatlicue, and by another name Coatlantonan.

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