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According to Alfonso Caso There were four earth gods-Tlaltecuhti who was male and three earth goddesses-Coatlique, Cihuacoatl and Tlazolteotl.

In one of the Mexica creation accounts Tlaltecuhtli is described as a sea monster who dwelled in the ocean after the fourth Great Flood, an embodiment of the raging chaos before creation.

Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca, in the form of serpents, tore him in half, throwing half upwards to create the sky and stars and leaving the other half to become the land of the earth.

He remained alive, however, and demanded human blood.