Tlazolteotl
E635041
Tlazolteotl is an Aztec goddess associated with purification, sin, filth, and sexuality, revered for her power to both incite and cleanse moral transgressions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tlazolteotl canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6907239 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tlazolteotl Context triple: [Aztec mythology, hasCentralDeity, Tlazolteotl]
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A.
Coatlicue
Coatlicue is an important Aztec earth and fertility goddess, often depicted in a skirt of serpents and associated with both creation and destruction.
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B.
Mictecacihuatl
Mictecacihuatl is the Aztec goddess of death and the underworld, often associated with funerary rites and later linked to modern Day of the Dead traditions.
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C.
Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca is a major Aztec deity associated with night, sorcery, conflict, and destiny, often depicted as a powerful and unpredictable god of rulership and change.
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D.
Coyolxauhqui
Coyolxauhqui is an Aztec moon goddess known from Mexica mythology, particularly for the myth in which she is dismembered by her brother Huitzilopochtli at the birth of the sun and war god.
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E.
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is an Aztec deity associated with the morning star (Venus), often linked to dawn, light, and sometimes destructive celestial power.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tlazolteotl Target entity description: Tlazolteotl is an Aztec goddess associated with purification, sin, filth, and sexuality, revered for her power to both incite and cleanse moral transgressions.
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A.
Coatlicue
Coatlicue is an important Aztec earth and fertility goddess, often depicted in a skirt of serpents and associated with both creation and destruction.
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B.
Mictecacihuatl
Mictecacihuatl is the Aztec goddess of death and the underworld, often associated with funerary rites and later linked to modern Day of the Dead traditions.
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C.
Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca is a major Aztec deity associated with night, sorcery, conflict, and destiny, often depicted as a powerful and unpredictable god of rulership and change.
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D.
Coyolxauhqui
Coyolxauhqui is an Aztec moon goddess known from Mexica mythology, particularly for the myth in which she is dismembered by her brother Huitzilopochtli at the birth of the sun and war god.
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E.
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is an Aztec deity associated with the morning star (Venus), often linked to dawn, light, and sometimes destructive celestial power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec goddess
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deity ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Florentine Codex ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
confession rituals
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earth ⓘ fertility ⓘ filth ⓘ midwifery ⓘ purification ⓘ sexuality ⓘ sin ⓘ sorcery ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ |
| considered |
patroness of adulterers
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patroness of confessors ⓘ purifier of souls ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec
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linked to:
Aztec culture
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| domain |
moral impurity
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ritual purification ⓘ sexual impurity ⓘ |
| epithet |
Eater of Filth
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Goddess of Dirt ⓘ Ixcuina ⓘ Tlaelquani ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Nahuatl ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Centeotl
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Yopico deity Cinteotl (variant name) ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Goddess of Filth ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedWith |
black mouth paint
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cotton spindle whorls ⓘ nose ornament ⓘ |
| pantheon | Mexica pantheon ⓘ |
| power |
to cleanse moral transgressions
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to forgive sins once in a lifetime ⓘ to incite moral transgressions ⓘ |
| religion | Aztec religion ⓘ |
| ritualFunction |
absolving confessed sins through ritual
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receiving confessions from sinners ⓘ |
| role |
goddess of childbirth
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goddess of confession ⓘ goddess of filth ⓘ goddess of lust ⓘ goddess of midwives ⓘ goddess of purification ⓘ |
| symbol |
broom
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cotton ⓘ moon ⓘ |
| worshipedBy |
Aztecs
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linked to:
Mexica
pre-Columbian Nahua peoples ⓘ
linked to:
Nahuatl-speaking peoples
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tlazolteotl Description of subject: Tlazolteotl is an Aztec goddess associated with purification, sin, filth, and sexuality, revered for her power to both incite and cleanse moral transgressions.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.