I was itchin´ to respond to Acol´s post about the Snake Woman but not sure if this therad is meant for just 'resource' posting, in this case, *s* please tell me so Xolotl and I´ll move my post somewhere else.

Acol, thank you very much for this info, I really appreciated it! Now I have a few questions or ocmments, if you like: Why was the Snake Woman not represented by a woman but by a man? Was it because of the 'normal' view on women having no business in power-politics, or was it out of some other reason genuine for the Azteks?

Then: "Before his (the Snake Woman Tlacaellel) appearance, hardly anything is heard of the Snake Woman; after his death there was such a leader but he seems to have been only one amongst many." I´m not sure I understand what you mean - do we know how many 'Snake Women' there were all in all?

The idea that the Cihuacoatl represented the internal affairs of the tribe, and the tlatoani the external, isn´t that a reflection of the almost universal habit of women representing the home and hearth, while the men went out warring and hunting ... Well I just couldn´t resist commenting on it! But I get even more curious why the 'Snake Woman' was represented as a man, what do you think?