2013, Number 09
The Religious Aspects of Maternal Mortality at the Time of the Aztecs. Cihuateteo: Dead Women at First Birth
Tovar-Rodríguez JM
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Page: 555-557
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ABSTRACT
Women who die during pregnancy or childbirth, the Aztec goddess regarded with the same value that was given to the warriors who died on the battlefield, accompanied the sun during its journey through the land, but were also feared and regarded as witches who could fly and cause damage and disease to children, could occupy bodies and produce paralysis, at the funeral the relatives of the Cihuateteo should take care of the woman’s body because there was a possibility that parts of soldiers stealing him to gain courage in battle. The governing Cihuateteo magical occupations of women.