Tlaltecuhtli (Aztec deity)
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found: Work cat.: Henderson, L. Producer of the living, eater of the dead : revealing Tlaltecuhtli, the two-faced Aztec earth, 2007:p. 1 (authors often disagree on whether the proper spelling is "teuctli" or "tecuhtli") p. 2 (there were two main Tlaltecuhtli variants ... the first was female and the second male.)
found: Wikipedia WWW site, July 26, 2007(Tlaltecuhtli or Tlaltecutli was an Aztec goddess who embodied the raging chaos before creation. Although her name is male, she is typically depicted as a female crocodile)
found: About.com WWW site, July 26, 2007(Tlaltecuhtli, earth goddess in Aztec religion, mythology. The name is masculine, but texts typically refer to Tlaltecuhtli as a goddess)
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2007-10-03: new
2007-10-04: revised
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