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Cuauhtémoc

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𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐔𝐄 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Got the opportunity to do some more Aztec statue work, really appreciate Dinora (@_mementom0r1 ) for the trust to knock this challenge out 😅🙏🏻 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Coatlicue, Nahuatl: “Serpent Skirt” Aztec earth goddess, symbol of the earth as both creator and destroyer, mother of the gods and mortals. The dualism that she embodies is powerfully concretized in her image: her face is of two fanged serpents and her skirt is of interwoven snakes snakes symbolize fertility; her breasts are flabby she nourished many; her necklace is of hands, hearts, and a skull (she feeds on corpses, as the earth consumes all that dies); and her fingers and toes are claws. Called also Teteoinnan “Mother of the Gods” and Toci “Our Grandmother”, she is a single manifestation of the earth goddess, a multifaceted being who also appears as the fearsome goddess of c