Chicomoztoc

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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.

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Chicomoztoc canonical 2

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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

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Codex Boturini depicts Chicomoztoc
Aztlan associatedWith Chicomoztoc