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==Aspects== Such Goddesses as "Mother Earth", the "Goddess of Sustenance", "Honored Grandmother", "Snake", "Bringer of Maize" and "Mother of Corn" can all be called Tonantzin, as it is an honorific title comparable to "Our Lady" or "Our Great Mother". Other indigenous (Nahuatl) names include ''Chicōmexōchitl'' [{{IPA|tʃikˌoːmeˈʃóːtʃitɬ}}] (literally "Seven Flower") and ''Chālchiuhcihuātl'' [{{IPA|ˌtʃaːɬtʃiʍˈsíwaːtɬ}}] (literally "Emerald/Jade Woman").{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} A "Tonāntzin" was honored during the movable feast of ''Xōchilhuitl'' [{{IPA|ʃoːˈtʃíɬwitɬ}}]. Some {{who?|date=December 2021}} have claimed that upon the apparition of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]] in the hill of [[Tepeyac]] where Tonantzin's temple had been destroyed by the Spanish priests, the natives recognized Our Lady of Guadalupe as Tonantzin [[Coatlaxopeuh]] (Meaning "Our Lady" who emerges from the region of light like the Eagle from fire).<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Religion |access-date=2023-09-13 |title=Mother of Death, Mother of Rebirth: The Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe |jstor=1464830 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1464830 |last1=Harrington |first1=Patricia |date=14 April 1988 |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=25–50 |doi=10.1093/jaarel/LVI.1.25 }}</ref>
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