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Itzpapalotl by ThaliaTook, USA: "The Aztec Goddess of the sacrificial flint knife, Her name means 'Obsidian Butterfly' or 'Clawed Butterfly', which may be a poetic name for the bat. She is also the leader of the tzitzimime or star Goddesses, and one of the cihuateteo, or women who died in childbirth. She rules Tamoanchan, the paradise from where humans originated." {traditional, 2013}

a woman dressed as a skeleton with wings on her head and wearing an elaborate costume

Itzpapalotl stands as a figure of fierce beauty and haunting power, a goddess whose very presence blurs the line between life and death. Her form is striking:

a drawing of a bird flying over a woman on fire with her arms outstretched in the air

In Aztec mythology, Ītzpāpālōtl [iːt͡spaːˈpaːlot͡ɬ] ("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. She is the mother of Mixcoatl and...

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Itzpapalotl is a fearsome skeletal being with jaguar talons and obsidian tipped wings. In addition to Mexico, black obsidian glass is the gift of other volcano goddesses at Catalhuyuk in Anatolia and Pele in Hawaii. Itzpapalotl is the patroness of women who died in childbirth and goddess of the realm of paradise, Tamoanchan. She is a tzitzimime ancestor spirit. (Art) Itzpapalotl by Lydia Ruyle

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