Chicomoztoc

E406450

Chicomoztoc is a legendary place of origin in Aztec and other Nahua mythologies, often described as the "Place of the Seven Caves" from which ancestral tribes emerged.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chicomoztoc canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aztec mythology concept ⓘ
Nahua mythology concept ⓘ
legendary place of origin ⓘ
mythological place ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Chichimeca ancestry ⓘ
tribal confederation origins ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Acolhua ⓘ
Aztecs ⓘ
linked to: Mexica

Culhua ⓘ
linked to: Acolhua

Huexotzinca ⓘ
linked to: Huexotla

Mexica ⓘ
Nahua peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nahua

Tepanec ⓘ
Tlahuica ⓘ
Tlaxcalteca ⓘ
linked to: Tlaxcala

Xochimilca ⓘ
linked to: Tláhuac
culture Aztec ⓘ
linked to: Aztec culture

Nahua ⓘ
depictedAs cavernous mountain ⓘ
hill with seven caves ⓘ
describedAs place of origin of ancestral tribes ⓘ
etymologyComponent -c (locative suffix) ⓘ
chicome (seven) ⓘ
oztotl (cave) ⓘ
functionInMyth origin of lineages ⓘ
starting point of migrations ⓘ
geographicalReality uncertain ⓘ
hasMotif emergence from caves ⓘ
seven ancestral groups ⓘ
hasNameMeaning Place of the Seven Caves ⓘ
hasStatus mythical location ⓘ
languageOfName Classical Nahuatl ⓘ
linkedToRegionByTradition Aztlan region ⓘ
linked to: Aztlan

northern Mesoamerica ⓘ
mentionedIn Codex Aubin ⓘ
Codex Boturini ⓘ
Codex Mendoza ⓘ
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca ⓘ
numberOfCaves 7 ⓘ
partOf Aztec migration narratives ⓘ
Nahua migration traditions ⓘ
relatedMythicPlace Aztlan ⓘ
symbolizes ancestral homeland ⓘ
emergence of tribes ⓘ
mythic point of origin ⓘ
timePeriodOfTradition Postclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Codex Boturini → depicts → Chicomoztoc ⓘ
Aztlan → associatedWith → Chicomoztoc ⓘ