Left, A virgin being sacrificed by being thrown into a cenote.
MAIZE GOD
Chicomeccatl is Cinteotl's female companion. Both are worshipped along with Tlaloc, the rain god
During the festival of Hueytozoztli, "great watch," Cinteotl was honored in order to encourage the growth of corn. First a procession of virgins would march to the Temple of Chicomecoatl, and then an impersonator would be sacrificed.
In April people offered to him their blood, dropped upon reeds which they displayed at the doors of their houses. The giver of food, god of fertility and regeneration. Cinteotl is protected by the rain gods. Sacrifices were carried out during droughts.
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