Toci

For other uses, see Toci (disambiguation).
Statue of Toci (Tlazolteotl) from Mexico, 900–1521 CE (British Museum, id:Am1989,Q.3 )

Toci[a] is a prominent deity in the religion and mythology of the pre-Columbian Aztec civilization of Mesoamerica.

In Aztec mythology, she is seen as an aspect of the mother goddess Coatlicue or Xochitlicue and is thus labeled "mother of the gods".[b]

She is also called Tlalli Iyollo,[c] meaning "heart of the earth".

  1. ^ Campbell, R. Joe (1997). "Florentine Codex Vocabulary". Archived from the original on 2006-04-28. Retrieved 2006-07-17.
  2. ^ Campbell, R. Joe (1997). "Florentine Codex Vocabulary". Archived from the original on 2006-04-28. Retrieved 2006-07-17.


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