coatlan tonan
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- coatlantona (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From cōātlān (“in the place of snakes”) + tonān (“our mother”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [koː(w)aːt͡ɬaːnˈtonaːn̥]
Noun
cōātlān tonān (animate)
- (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.
- 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 88v.
Synonyms
- cōātl īcue