Xōchiquetzal
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The Nahua goddess Xōchiquetzal, whose name is often translated literally as "Precious Flower Quetzal Feather," formed by the Nahuatl roots xōchitl (flower) and quetzalli (quetzal feather), was the mother of Mesoamerican deity Quetzalcoatl. In his larger body of missionary writing, Dominican friar Francisco Ximénez (1666-1729) equates Xōchiquetzal with the Maya goddess Ixkik'. He further states that his predecessors had, in his view, erroneously equated both goddesses with the Christian figure of Mary, the mother of God.
La deidad nahua Xōchiquetzal, cuyo nombre se traduce como "flor preciosa," derivado así de las voces náhuatl xōchitl (flor) y quetzalli (pluma de quetzal), es la madre de la deidad mesoamericana Quetzalcoatl. En los escolios que acompañan a la copia del Popol Wuj que preparó el padre Francisco Ximénez (1666-1729), el dominico asocia la figura de Xōchiquetzal con la diosa maya Ixkik'. Añade el fraile que sus antecesores católicos se equivocaron cuando intentaban vincular las dos figuras mesoamericanas con la virgen María.