Great Goddess of Teotihuacan

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The Great Goddess of Teotihuacan is a major Mesoamerican deity associated with fertility, water, and the earth, prominently depicted in Teotihuacan art and religious architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Great Goddess of Teotihuacan canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican deity ⓘ
Teotihuacan deity ⓘ
deity ⓘ
associatedWith agriculture ⓘ
earth ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
mountains ⓘ
owls ⓘ
rain (contested) ⓘ
spiders ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
vegetation ⓘ
warfare (contested) ⓘ
water ⓘ
culture Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
depictedIn Atetelco murals of Teotihuacan ⓘ
Tepantitla mural of Teotihuacan ⓘ
Tetitla murals of Teotihuacan ⓘ
Zacuala murals of Teotihuacan ⓘ
evidenceType ceramic figurines ⓘ
murals ⓘ
stone carvings ⓘ
gender female (scholarly interpretation) ⓘ
iconographicFeature bird headdress (often owl) ⓘ
butterflies (sometimes) ⓘ
elaborate headdress ⓘ
flowing vegetation ⓘ
frontal depiction ⓘ
hands outstretched or raised ⓘ
jade or precious stones ⓘ
nose bar ⓘ
outflowing streams of water ⓘ
spider webs ⓘ
influenceOn later Central Mexican religious iconography (hypothesized) ⓘ
nameStatus modern scholarly designation ⓘ
originalName unknown ⓘ
religion Teotihuacan religion ⓘ
scholarlyDebate may be an aspect or precursor of later Mesoamerican earth and water goddesses ⓘ
may represent multiple deities or a composite deity ⓘ
scholarlyNameGivenBy Esther Pasztory ⓘ
Peter Furst ⓘ
timePeriod Classic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
circa 3rd–6th century CE ⓘ
worshipPlace Atetelco compound ⓘ
Avenue of the Dead ⓘ
Plaza of the Moon ⓘ
Pyramid of the Moon ⓘ
Teotihuacan ⓘ
Tepantitla compound ⓘ
linked to: Tetitla compound

Tetitla compound ⓘ
Zacuala compound ⓘ

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

Pyramid of the Moon → dedicatedTo → Great Goddess of Teotihuacan ⓘ