The Great Goddess of Teotihuacan is a proposed goddess of the pre-Columbian Teotihuacan civilization in what is now Mexico. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Attestation
Era of Attestation Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 3 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Function
Domain / FunctionFertility and generation 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Religions of Mesoamerica, 2nd edition
David Carrasco, Waveland Press, 2013Great Goddess of Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan murals
3. An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya
Mary Miller and Karl Taube, Thames and Hudson
Wikipedia, "Great Goddess of Teotihuacan"
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