Learning of Atlatonan

During the weekend I took the time to see if I could get more information on the Aztec goddess Atlatonan. I knew not to expect much, I didn’t find much information on Atlatonan in the first place. I again didn’t find much on Atlatonan just as before, however, what I found was plenty considering how hard it is to come across anything new on Atlatonan in the first place.

Despite the fact that learning about Atlatonan is troublesome, there’s the upside of learning about this goddess even at a slow pace. A lot of the sites I can across presented the same knowledge as multiple others, often with the exact same wording, proving some frustration that was accompanied by the pleasure of having found what has been found.

Gods And Goddesses: Atlatonan

Ah… finally, I am doing something about a goddess. Atlatonan/Atlatonin, said to be a mother goddess, but also goddess of earth, water, the coast/seaboard, lepers and disease. A patron of whom who have been born with physical deformities and those who suffered from open sores. Atlatonan is also thought be the one who caused such deformities and sores.

Atlatonan is also known as the "Daughter of Tlaloc" and said to have been ritually drowned to the Aztec rain god, Tlaloc.

A goddess who was honoured with a flaying-sacrifice. The god Tezcatlipoca was in fact married to Atlatonan along with three other goddesses (Xochiquetzal, Xilonen and Huixtocihuatl). Atlatonan, along with Xochiquetzal, Xilonen and Huitocihuatl, represented what is known as the physical pleasures of life, sexual life, food, drink and salt.