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Itzpapalotl
In Aztec mythology, Ītzpāpālōtl ("Obsidian Butterfly") was a fearsome skeletal warrior goddess who ruled over the paradise world of Tamoanchan, the paradise of victims of infant mortality and the place identified as where humans were created.〔(Itzpapalotl, the Obsidian or Clawed Butterfly )〕 She is the mother of Mixcoatl and is particularly associated with the moth ''Rothschildia orizaba'' from the family Saturniidae. Some of her associations include birds and fire.〔(Itzpapalotl: Itzpapalotl, Goddess of Fire and Birds in Aztec Religion, Mythology )〕 Her nagual was a deer.
==Iconography==
Itzpapalotl's name can either mean "obsidian butterfly" or "clawed butterfly", the latter meaning seems most likely. It's quite possible that clawed butterfly refers to the bat and in some instances Itzpapalotl is depicted with bat wings. However, she can also appear with clear butterfly or eagle attributes. Her wings are obsidian or tecpatl (flint) knife tipped.〔Miller & Taube, p. 100〕 (In the ''Manuscript of 1558'', Itzpapalotl is described as having "blossomed into the white flint, and they took the white and wrapped it in a bundle.") She could appear in the form of a beautiful, seductive woman or terrible goddess with a skeletal head and butterfly wings supplied with stone blades. Although the identity remains inconclusive, the Zapotec deity named Goddess 2J by Alfonso Caso and Ignacio Bernal may be a Classic Zapotec form of Itzpapalotl. In many instances Goddess 2J, whose image is found on ceramic urns, is identified with bats. "In folklore, bats are sometimes called "black butterflies"".〔Elizabeth Benson : "The Maya and the Bat", p. 113. In :- ''LATIN AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURES JOURNAL'', vol 4 (1988). Citing :- Elsie Clews Parsons : ''Mitla''. U of Chicago Pr, 1936. p. 318〕
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