title: [The religious aspects of maternal mortality at the time of the Aztecs. Cihuateteo: dead women at first birth].
abstract: Women who die during pregnancy or childbirth, the Aztec goddess regarded with the same value that was given to the warriors who died on the battlefield, accompanied the sun during its journey through the land, but were also feared and regarded as witches who could fly and cause damage and disease to children, could occupy bodies and produce paralysis, at the funeral the relatives of the Cihuateteo should take care of the woman's body because there was a possibility that parts of soldiers stealing him to gain courage in battle. The governing Cihuateteo magical occupations of women.
authors.affiliation: División de investigación, Hospital Juárez de México, Av. Instituto Politecnico Nacional 5160, 07760 México DF. asesortextosmedicos@gmail.com
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tovar-Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000266:history*; D008800:Mexico; D010298:Parity; D012067:Religion / Q000266:history*