coatlan tonan
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- coatlantona (obsolete spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From cōātlān (“in the place of snakes”) + tonān (“our mother”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (mythology) (she is) Our Mother from the Place of Snakes, an appellation of the goddess Coatlicue.
- 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 88v:
- Los officiales delas flores q́ se llaman xochimanque hazian fieſta a su diosa llamada coatlycue, y por otro nóbre coatlantona.
- The officials of the flowers called xochimanque celebrated a goddess of theirs called Coatlicue, and by another name Coatlantonan.