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11 paź 2020 · She is also known as the Great Goddess, but since 1983 Spider Woman has become the most popular reference to her. The Spider Woman is depicted on several murals at the pre-Columbian site of Teotihuacan and “she” is unique to this city and culture only.
Transcending this binary model, I propose that one of the key figures identified as female—the central figure from the Tepantitla mural at Teotihuacan—can better be said to show characteristics of a mixed gender, a tradition for which there is significant precedence in the Americas.
The “Great Goddess” of Teotihuacan female attributes of the Great Goddess are a projection of scholars’ contemporary, Western concepts of what constitutes masculine and feminine, rather than a true reflection of past reality.
Two Teotihuacan-style Classic Maya slate and pyrite mirrors depict the Great Goddess or the Storm God as an iconic symbol etched on their backs (Figures 22a–b). In Figure 22a , the Storm God as a ruler can be identified by his tasseled headdress, torch-bearing hands, and ringed eyes (Cowgill Reference Cowgill 2015 :228, Figure 8.19).
Great goddess figures are significant representations of female deities in Mesoamerican art, particularly within the context of ancient Maya and Teotihuacan civilizations. These figures often embody fertility, motherhood, and the earth, reflecting the integral role of female deities in religious practices and societal structures.
20 sie 2015 · This study explores the identification and gender attribution of the "Great Goddess" of Teotihuacan through re-examining what purportedly constitutes feminine and masculine in these...
17 lut 2015 · The most important deity at Teotihuacan seems to have been, unusually for Mesoamerica, a female. The Spider Goddess was a creator deity and is represented in murals and sculpture and typically wears a fanged mask similar to a spider's mouth.
