Description
Her most obvious trait is simply the fact that she is female, but she does have several other recognizable qualities to help archaeologists identify her. The great goddess wears a frame headdress that often includes the face of a jaguar and has a medallion in the center on which an owl is usually depicted. She will also be shown among several spiders and is frequently seen with a yellow body coloration, further distinguishing her from other Mesoamerican deities. Her single most recognizable feature, however, is a very distinguishable nosepiece. This bar is large enough to conceal her whole mouth, and is equipped with what appears to be arachnid-like fangs. The rectangle-shaped bar hangs from directly under her nose and usually has three circles on it. Immediately below these circles hang three fangs. The two outer fangs curl to point away from the center, while the middle fang just comes straight down looking like the letter U. The overall affect, then, is an otherwise plain Mesoamerican goddess with a frighteningly spider-like appearance.
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