[The religious aspects of maternal mortality at the time of the Aztecs. Cihuateteo: dead women at first birth]

Ginecol Obstet Mex. 2013 Sep;81(9):555-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Women who die during pregnancy or childbirth, the Aztec goddess regarded with the same value that was given to the warriors who died on the battlefield, accompanied the sun during its journey through the land, but were also feared and regarded as witches who could fly and cause damage and disease to children, could occupy bodies and produce paralysis, at the funeral the relatives of the Cihuateteo should take care of the woman's body because there was a possibility that parts of soldiers stealing him to gain courage in battle. The governing Cihuateteo magical occupations of women.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • History, Medieval
  • Humans
  • Indians, North American*
  • Maternal Mortality / history*
  • Mexico
  • Parity
  • Religion / history*