Tlazolteotl, goddess of filth and purification, is named as Centeotl's mother in the Codex Borgia tradition.
⚠ Codex Borgia names Tlazolteotl as Centeotl's mother, while the Florentine Codex and Historia de los Mexicanos por sus Pinturas attribute his parentage to Piltzintecuhtli and Xochiquetzal.
Tlazolteotl takes the form of Toci, Our Grandmother, in her aspect as earth mother and patron of midwives — the aged face of the sin-eater who presides over birth rather than confession, honoured in the sweeping rites of Ochpaniztli.
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