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In Aztec mythology, Tlazolteotl (or ''Tlaçolteotl,'' ) is a goddess of purification, steam bath, midwives, filth, and a patroness of adulterers. In Nahuatl, the word ''tlazolli'' can refer to vice and diseases. Thus, Tlazolteotl was a goddess of filth (sin), vice, and sexual misdeeds. However, she was a purification goddess as well, who forgave the sins and disease of those caused by misdeeds, particularly sexual misdeeds.〔Miller & Taube, p.168〕 Her dual nature is seen in her epithets; ''Tlaelquani'' ('she who eats filth ()') and ''Tlazolmiquiztli'' ('the death caused by lust'), and Ixcuina or Ixcuinan ('she of two faces').〔Soustelle, p.104,199〕〔Sahagun, Florentine codex book 1, p. 23〕 Under the designation of ''Ixcuinan'' she was thought to be plural in number and four sisters of different ages by the names; Tiacapan (the first born), Teicu (the younger sister), Tlaco (the middle sister) and Xocotzin (the youngest sister).〔 Her son was Centeotl and she was also known as Toci. She presides over the 13th trecena of the sacred 260-day year. Another son is Yum-Kax, the Maya maize god.〔http://www.crystalinks.com/aztecgods.html〕 ==Aztec religion== Tlazolteotl may have originally been a Huaxtec goddess from the Gulf Coast.〔 In the Aztec religion there were two main deities thought to preside over confession; Tezcatlipoca, because he was thought to be invisible and omnipresent, seeing everything, and Tlazolteotl, the goddess of lechery and unlawful love.〔Soustelle, p.199〕 It is said that when a man confessed before Tlazolteotl everything was revealed. Confession to Tlazolteotl would be done through a priest but, unlike the Christian practice, it happened only once during a man's lifetime. According to Aztec belief, it was Tlazolteotl who inspired vicious desires, and who likewise forgave and cleaned away the defilement of sin.〔 She was also thought to cause disease, especially sexually transmitted disease. It was said that Tlazolteotl and her companions would afflict people with disease if they indulged themselves in forbidden love.〔 The uncleanliness was considered both on a physical and moral level; and could be cured by steam-bath, a rite of purification, or calling upon Tlazolteteo, the goddesses of love and desires.〔Soustelle, p.193〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tlazolteotl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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