Dismembered & Divine Feminine - Full Moon 8/3/2020 Coyolxauhqui (pron. Koy-ol-shauw-kee) was the Aztec goddess of the Moon or Milky Way who was famously butchered by her brother Huitzilopochtli, the god of war, in Aztec mythology. There are a couple variations of the story of Coyolxauhqui, but I will share with you one that I favor. Coatlicue, the Earth Goddess in Aztec Mythology was said to have been sweeping the temple on Snake Mountain when suddenly a bunch of feathers fell down from the sky. The legend says that she gathered the feathers and tucked them under her clothes - only to miraculously end up becoming pregnant. Coyolxauhqui the daughter of Coatlicue was extremely displeased at her mother's pregnancy, so she started plotting the death of her mother which included the help of her 400 brothers!
Coatlicue was to be killed by her own children, but little did everyone know that she was in fact carrying the god of sun inside of her. His name was Huitzilopochtli (patron god of Tenochtitlan) & the moment he was born he was the size of a grown man, and dressed in armor. He was strong and ready for battle. He knew of the plans that his siblings made to kill his mother, so in return he being the sun god and god of war killed his sister Coyolxauhqui. He dismembered her instantly and his mother was sad of all the violence. He took his sisters head, threw it up into the sky and she then became the moon. This way, his mother was still able to see her daughter Coyolxauhqui even after death. The 400 brothers were thrown into the sky only to become the stars.
As Coyolxauhqui became the moon, this tale shows us a representation of rebirth in a sense. She was torn, but only to transform into something everlasting, bright & beautiful. Once she ascended into the sky her fate of being the moon was to remain forever. The moon is constantly changing and going through various cycles which represent rebirth and regeneration. Coyolxauhqui is a reminder that no matter what we go through - there is still hope. The stone of Coyolxauhqui was found in 1978 and is currently on display at the Templo Mayor Museum in Mexico City. - KZ
