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Cihuateteo logo #10101) Aztec legendary creature 2) War goddess
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Cihuateteo

Cihuateteo logo #21000 In Aztec mythology, the Cihuateteo (CihuātēteohPronunciation-needed `Divine Women`, singular Cihuātēotl) were the spirits of human women who died in childbirth (mociuaquetzque.). Childbirth was considered a form of battle, and its victims were honored as fallen warriors. Their physical remains were thought to strengthen soldiers in battle wh.....
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Cihuateteo

Cihuateteo logo #21003(from the article `pre-Columbian civilizations`) ...on the battlefield or on the sacrificial stone, and the merchants who were killed while traveling in faraway places; and the women who died while ...
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