Editing Tlazōlteōtl (section)

===Dirt eating===
{{lang|nci|Tlazōlteōtl|italic=no}} was called "Deity of Dirt" ({{lang|nci|Tlazōlteōtl}}) and "Eater of Ordure" ({{lang|nci|Tlahēlcuāni}}, 'she who eats dirt [sin]') with her dual nature of deity of dirt and also of [[ritual purification|purification]]. Sins were symbolized by dirt. Her [[coprophagia|dirt-eating]] symbolized the ingestion of the sin and in doing so purified it.<ref name="Sullivan1982p15">{{harvp|Sullivan|1982|p=15 }}</ref><ref name="Patrisia2012p98"/> She was depicted with [[ochre]]-colored symbols of divine excrement around her mouth and nose.<ref name="Patrisia2012p98"/> In the [[Classical Nahuatl|Aztec language]] the word for sacred, {{wikt-lang|nci|tzin}}, comes from {{lang|nci|tzintli}}, the buttocks, and religious rituals include offerings of "liquid gold" (urine) and [[gold]] (Nahuatl teocuitlatl "divine excrement", which Klein jocularly translated to English as "holy shit").<ref name="Patrisia2012p98"/><ref name="Klein1993p20">{{cite journal |last=Klein |first=Cecelia F. |year=1993 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-14538980/teocuitlatl-divine-excrement-significance.html |title=Teocuitlatl, 'Divine Excrement': The Significance of 'Holy Shit' in Ancient Mexico |journal=[[Art Journal (College Art Association journal)|Art Journal]] |volume=52 |issue=3 |pages=20–27 }}</ref> Through this process, she helped create harmony in communities.<ref name="Patrisia2012p98">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ikLJLdhpYKoC&pg=PA98 |title=Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing |last=Gonzales |first=Patrisia |year=2012 |pages=98–99|isbn=9780816599714 |quote=Klein reinterprets the ochre color symbols found around the mouth and nose of some Tlazolteotl depictions, as well as painted to represent matter emanating from the buttocks — from connoting 'dirt' to 'divine excrement.' She notes that {{lang|nci|tlazolli}} — interpreted by many academics as Tlazolteotl's root word — is not only excrement or something old or used. Similarly the word for 'venerable' is {{lang|nci|tzin}}, which comes from {{lang|nci|tzintli}}, the buttocks. Urine as 'liquid gold' and offerings of excrement are examples of 'divine excrement' or, as Klein writes playfully, 'Holy Shit'. }}</ref>