ABSTRACT
The face of the divine feminine can be found everywhere in Mexico. One of the most striking features of Mexican religious life is the prevalence of images of Mary, the Virgin Mother of God. It appears that she is even more vital to the devotional life of the faithful than her son, Jesus. This is partly because the divine feminine played such a prominent role in pre-Hispanic Mexican religion. Images of goddesses were central to the devotional life of the Aztecs and other indigenous peoples, especially the peasants and those living in smaller towns and villages outside the central city of Tenochtitlan (present-day Mexico City). In these rural communities, fecundity, more than war or sacrificial tribute, was the main focus of cultic activity.
