Ixchel... what do you know about her?

[la bella luna]

hey I was wondering if anyone else had ever worked with her? also i was wondering what people know about her?
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[Pandoras]

I've tried to learn about this goddess before, but have come up short. I know very little about her other than she's Mayan. I've read that she's the goddess of the earth and moon, patroness of pregnant women, and that she invented weaving. But I've also read that she's depicted with a snake as a headband and a skirt embroidered with crossbones, which I think shows a chthonic nature.

[la bella luna]

yeah I've been hving a hard time finding stuff on her!

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[KaliHobbit]

Try http://www.goddess.com.au/goddess.htm , also the Goddess Oracle has lots of information about her.

[HorseCrow]

I know her as a goddess of midwifery- childbirth and pregnancy, medicine, weaving, rain, floods, moon, rainbow.

[Caelia RavenWolf]

These have a little info. on her

http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/mayan-mythology.php?deity=IXCHEL

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/i/ixchel.html

http://www.garrafon.com/attractions/ixchel-temple.php

http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/goddess.html (she's in the 12th section down, looks like they might have some decent texts on her.)

[maldito]

But I've also read that she's depicted with a snake as a headband and a skirt embroidered with crossbones, which I think shows a chthonic nature.

I think you're confusing her with Coatlicue, wich is the mother of the gods in the aztec pantheon, sometimes called tonantzin (our mother). While Ixchel is, as you say first, godess of earth and moon, patroness of pregnant women, abd she also cast the storms and whirlwinds.

Here are two pictures: the statue is Coatlicue, the drawing is Ixchel.

[maldito]

Ouch! I read wrong, sorry!:ugh:
I was confused, because I see Coatlicue closer to the Mythos than Ixchel.
Well, now you know about two goddesses.