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)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• cōātl īcue