Xochiquetzal

The Aztec people called her Xochiquetzal and worshipped her.

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The feast of the Xochiquetzal, (meaning “Flowery Plumage”) was called “Farewell to the Flowers” because it took place at the end of the main growing season.

Mexico - flowers and flower art 2007

Xochiquetzal - Flower of the Rich Plume; godess of flowers

Aztec Calendar 2007

Xochiquetzal - Flower of the Rich Plume; godess of flowers

Aztec Calendar 2007

The feast of the Xochiquetzal, (meaning “Flowery Plumage”) was called “Farewell to the Flowers” because it took place at the end of the main growing season.

Mexico - flowers and flower art 2007

Coxcox, -- the Mexican Noah, -- and his wife, Xochiquetzal, stranded on a peak of Colhuacan.

The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain

Ye noble youths, ye priests who wept, seeking Xochiquetzal, go forth there where I am going.

Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl Various 1868

I, Xochiquetzal, go forth willingly to the dancing place by the water, going forth to the houses in Tamoanchan.

Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl Various 1868

She goes to the mart, they carry Xochiquetzal to the mart; she speaks at Cholula; she startles my heart; she startles my heart; she has not finished, the priest knows her; where the merchants sell green jade earrings she is to be seen, in the place of wonders she is to be seen.

Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl Various 1868

_Xochiquetzal_, "plumage of flowers," was the deity of the artists, the painters, weavers, engravers on metal, silver and goldsmiths, and of all who dealt in fine colors.

Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl Various 1868