| Coatlicue | |
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| Also Known as | Coatlique |
| Appeared in | Series 1 |
| Number | 15 |
| Point Value | 15 |
Coatlicue is monster #16 from Series 1.
Series 1[]
She is worth 15 points. The Aztec Goddess of Earth, she is depicted with two serpent heads and a body clothed in snakes. She came in the colours red, yellow, light red, neon yellow (chartreuse) and light purple (thistle).
Official Biography[]
Species: Reptilian Humanoid
Born: 2,500 Years ago in South America
Size: 7 Feet tall
Habitat: Lives in a snake-infested cave in South America
This two-faced Amazon woman was once an Aztec Queen who was exiled because of her famous garbage mouth. The problem is not what she says, but rather what she eats - she preys on sick and injured people, and where there are none these people available, she feeds of the filth of the land. Coatlique's wardrobe rivals that ok Kali's [#19] for bad taste. She wears of a skirt of live snakes, and a necklace of human hearts attached to a skull pendant. Perhaps her most evil deed to date was to name her son Huitzilopoctli. This poor lad was nicknamed "the sick one" growing up, as every time he said his name people thought he was sneezing and would respond by saying, "gesundhiet!"
In other media[]
Video Game (1992)[]
Coalticue appears as an enemy in Stage 5, Area 1, in the Orient. She is unique in that she does a rapid charge when the player faces away, while walks slowly away when the player faces her.
Coatlicue's instructions manual entry reads: "Attacks when you're not looking."
Panini Sticker Album[]
The description for Coatlicue states she was a former Aztec queen who was overthrown by her people for the ravenous hunger that led her to eat garbage, and eventually dead or dying individuals. Despite losing her royal power, Coatlicue continues her malevolent ways.
Origin[]
Coatlicue is the Aztec goddess of fertility who gave birth to the moon and stars and Huitzipochtli, god of war.
According to Aztec legend, Coatlicue was once magically impregnated by a ball of feathers that fell on her while she was sweeping a temple. She subsequently gave birth to the god Huitzilopochtli. Her daughter the goddess Coyolxauhqui then rallied Coatlicue's four hundred other children together and goaded them into attacking and decapitating their mother. The instant she was killed, the god Huitzilopochtli suddenly emerged from her womb fully grown and armed for battle. He killed many of his brothers and sisters, including Coyolxauhqui, who he decapitated, dismembered, and threw into the sky to become the moon. In one variation on this legend, Huitzilopochtli himself is the child conceived in the ball-of-feathers incident and is born just in time to save his mother from harm.
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