Mexico
 Chalchiuhtlicue of the jade skirt is the goddess of water, streams, lakes and childbirth. From her womb flows life. Her attire is made of paper from the amatle tree. Chalchiuhtlicue has Olmec and Mayan roots.
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 Chicomecoatl is the primary fertility goddess of vegetation and humans. Her face is painted red. She wears rosettes and holds double ears of corn. |
 Coatlicue with her rattlesnake skirt,
double serpent head and hands, necklace of hands, hearts and a skull, is the all powerful great mother creatrix. In the Aztec myth, she is the mother of Coyoxauhqui, the sacrificed moon daughter. Her pendulous breasts nursed both gods and humans. Coatlicue's other names are Tonantzin, our mother, Teteotinan, mother ot the gods, and Toci, our grandmother. |
 Itzpapalotl is a fearsome skeletal being with jaguar talons and obsidian tipped wings. She is the patroness of women who died in childbirth and
goddess of the realm of paradise, Tamoanchan. She is a tzitzimime
ancestor spirit. |
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 IXCHEL: Chichen Itza is Mother Earth giving birth with great effort to each soul on the four corners of the Venus Temple at Chichen Itza. She is birthing Venus / Ixchel / the divine feminine energies. |
 IXCHEL: Moon Goddess dives into this time and place bringing the energies of the ancestors from the stars. Serpents crown her and she
carries sacred plants, mirror and ritual objects. |
 IXCHEL: Queen of the Moon sits on the moon as it goes through cycles of waxing, full, waning and darkness. The moon mirrors women's blood mysteries and cycles of human life. Ixchel holds her rabbit of fertility and abundance. |
 IXCHEL: Mayan Great Mother Goddess of Life & Death is the divine feminine creatrix. From her all life is born and to her all life returns at death. She pours the waters of life from her vessel womb. Ixchel is the keeper of the bones and the souls of the dead. Her feast day is November 1, La Dia de Los Muertos! |
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 IXCHEL: Tree of Life is fertility so that all life continues; animal, vegetal and human. She is the mystery and joy of feminine sexuality. She is the protectress of women and children. She is fierce and strong. Nourishing milk flows from her breasts and the sacred blood of life flows from her womb. |
 IXCHEL: Tulum is the Mayan Great Mother Goddess. She holds Itznama, the wise old man and Kukulcan, the young feathered seprent energy of creation. All humans, both male and female have both energies within their psyches. When they come together, all flowers and grows. |
 MAYAHUEL is the goddess of the flowering maguey plant, growth and rich sap milk from which fermented pulque, a sacred beverage, is made. She is the tree of life growing sisal fibers for thread and clothing as well as food and drink. She is seated on her turtle throne of creation with her serpents. Her grandmother is a tzizimitl star demon of the bones. |
 Teotihuacan Great Mother is a magnificent tree of life. Nourishing waters flow from her hands. She sits on a throne of stars, seeds, flowers, roots. Also known as Grandmother Spider Woman, she weaves life from her source. Her wise eyes see and know all. |
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 La Virgen Guadalupe banner is included in the Black Madonnas. |
 Mictlancihuatl is the goddess of the realm of the dead, Mictlan. She has the absolute power of all life, the ultimate reality. She is the great mother of the cycles of life, creation and destruction.
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 Tlazolteotl devours filth and darkness and gives birth to the soul. She wears the sacrificed skin of her former innocent self with all its power. Sacre facere, sacrifice, means to make whole. Facing the shadow and letting go is the critical part of the healing process. |
 Tlazolteotl/ARTISTA is a magic transformer of energies. She holds her tools in her outstretched arms. The artistic process is one of creation, birth and then death and letting go. The energies of creation come from understanding this endless cycle of duality. |
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La Tierra Madre | ||||||
 Tonacacihuatl the feminine part of a dual creative myth, is the lady of flesh and sustenance. Her roots are in earlier myths of fertility and food. Tonantzin means our mother and huatl means blood. Juan Diego's vision of Guadalupe was at her site. |
 TZITZIMITL are ancestor spirits, usually feminine, are depicted as skeletons and honored on La Dias de Los Muertos, Day of the Dead, November 1. Diving from the sky as star demons, Tzitzimitl are connected to spiders. From the Ancient Mother ancestors, new life is born. |
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 Toci our grandmother gives birth to ALL from her sacred vulva. Squatting is in the birthing position, her effort is fierce. The waters of creation surround her. Toci is a Meixcan sheela-na-gig sacred image connected to many other sheelas around the world. |
 Xilonen the maiden goddess, is the young tender ear of corn. Chicomecoatl is the mother and Ilamatcuhtli, is the crone, lady of the old skirt, the goddess of earth, death and the milky way. |
 Xochiquetzal ruling beauty and love, is the flower of the rich plume, goddess of flowers, domestic life and courtesans. She is patroness of craftspeople, weavers, sculptors, painters and the arts. She presides over pregnancy and childbirth. |
The Mexico banners were created for exhibitions at
The Lutheran Center in Mexico City , February 1999 & March 2000 and
The Divine Feminine Conference in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, December 7-14, 1999
