Chantico

Chantico was the Aztec goddess of both pain and pleasure.^[1] She is also the goddess of the family hearth, the home and volcanoes. According to Aztec myths she brings wealth and stability to the home.^[1] Chantico protects the home from thieves and losing things.^[1] She is sometimes shown wearing a crown of cactus spikes and red snakes.^[1] She is the 'Lady of the chili pepper' and is sometimes shown with one or two pods of red chilies.^[2]

The meaning of her name is 'in the house', meaning she lives in the house.^[2] According to one myth she was changed into a dog and another name for her was Quaxolotl.^[3]

References[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Brandi Auset, The Goddess Guide: Exploring the Attributes and Correspondences of the Divine Feminine (Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2009), p. 24
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Hermann Beyer, 'The Natural Basis for Some Mexican Gods', The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, ed. Stephen Denison Peet, Vol. XXXI (Jan–Feb 1909), p. 20
↑ Herman Beyer, 'The Symbolic Meaning of the Dog in Ancient Mexico', American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 10, No. 3, July–September, 1908, p. 421

Other websites[change | change source]

Chantico, Aztec Goddess of Fire
Chantico Archived 2018-08-09 at the Wayback Machine

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[Auset24-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Brandi Auset, The Goddess Guide: Exploring the Attributes and Correspondences of the Divine Feminine (Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2009), p. 24

[Beyer20-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Hermann Beyer, 'The Natural Basis for Some Mexican Gods', The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, ed. Stephen Denison Peet, Vol. XXXI (Jan–Feb 1909), p. 20

[3] Herman Beyer, 'The Symbolic Meaning of the Dog in Ancient Mexico', American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 10, No. 3, July–September, 1908, p. 421

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