Editing Coyolxāuhqui (section)

=== Imagery ===
On the disk, Coyolxāuhqui lies on her back, with her head, arms, and legs severed from her body. Her head faces upwards, away from her torso and in profile view, with her mouth open. Her dismembered torso lies flat on her back. Her breasts sag downward. Her body is neatly yet dynamically organized within the circular composition. Scallop-shaped carvings line the points of decapitation and dismemberment at her neck, shoulders, and hip joints. In this representation, Coyolxāuhqui is nearly naked, barring her serpent loincloth.<ref name=":7">{{Cite journal |last=Klein|first=Cecilia|date=1994|title=Fighting with femininity: Gender and war in Aztec Mexico|journal=Estudios de cultura náhuat|volume=24|pages=22}}</ref> She wears only the ritual attire of bells in her hair, a bell symbol on her cheek, and a feathered headdress.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |title=The Aztecs |last=Townsend |first=Richard F. |date=2009 |publisher=Thames & Hudson |isbn=978-0-500-28791-0 |edition=3rd |location=London |page=159}}</ref> These objects identify her as Coyolxauhqui. She wears a skull tied to a belt of snakes around her waist and an [[ear tab]] showing the [[Mexica]] year sign. Snake, skull, and earth monster imagery surround her.<ref name=":8" />
[[File:MaquizcoatlCoyolxauhqui.jpg|thumb|Double-headed serpents restraining the joints of Coyolxāuhqui next to reference of a [[double-headed serpent]] sculpture.]]
In the image to the right, which represents the original colors of the stone, Coyolxāuhqui's yellow body lies before a red background. Bright blue colors her headdress and various details in the carving. White bones emerge from the scalloped, dismembered body parts.

The [[double-headed serpent]], also known as Maquizcoatl, were negative omens that could indicate death. Associated with Huītzilōpōchtli, as it was one of his names, creates a tie between the siblings. Coyolxāuhqui's joints being restrained by Maquizcoatl is both symbolic of her duty to serve a warning as well as identifying.<ref name=":9" />