Coyolxāuhqui (pron. Koy-ol-shauw-kee) was the goddess of the moon in Aztec mythology. On t

Coyolxāuhqui (pron. Koy-ol-shauw-kee) was the goddess of the moon in Aztec mythology. On the summit of Coatepec (Serpent Mountain), sat a shrine for Coatlicue (mother of the gods). One day, as she swept her shrine, a ball of hummingbird feathers fell from the sky. She snatched them up and became pregnant with the Aztec deity Huitzilopochtli (god of war). Hearing of the pregnancy Coyolxāuhqui led her brothers known as the Centzon Huitznahuas (Four Hundred Huiztnaua) in attack against their mother. However the attack was thwarted when Coatlicue miraculously gave birth to a fully grown and readily armed Huitzilopochtli. He killed his older sister by beheading her and throwing her body down the side of Coatepec and then scattered his brothers in all directions pursuing those who escaped relentlessly for years. Some authors have written that Huitzilopochtli tossed Coyolxauhqui’s head into the sky where it became the moon, so that his mother would be comforted in seeing her daughter in the sky every night, and that her scattered brothers later became Southern Star deities.(Georges Hobeika Fall 2018 Haute Couture Collection) -- source link

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