Codex Chapman

a long dress or skirt

The length and style of the skirt may have been a deliberate choice to convey Oxomoco's status and role as a significant female deity in the Aztec pantheon. Long, floor-sweeping garments were frequently associated with female deities and high-ranking women in Aztec society, symbolizing their authority, wisdom, and connection to the earth and cyclical rhythms of nature.

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