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Chicomecoatl, goddess of food and sustenance
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Chicomecoatl is the feminine deity of food and produce, especially of maize, the staple food of Mesoamerica. Her name – meaning “seven serpents” – was also a calendrical name for corn, and was used by sorcerers as an esoteric name.
Title: Chicomecoatl, goddess of food and sustenance
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Chicomecoatl is the feminine deity of food and produce, especially of maize, the staple food of Mesoamerica.
Her name – meaning “seven serpents” – was also a calendrical name for corn, and was used by sorcerers as an esoteric name.
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