Tlaltetecuin (Verg19v)

Tlaltetecuin is also the name of a divine or sacred force or deity, the Earth Pounder. Tlaltetecuin and Ixtlilton were related deities associated with medicine and dances that bring health, but also with the communication between humans and the divine world. For more information, see Katarzyna Mikulska, Tejiendo Destinos (2015). Might earth pounding have something to do with earthquakes? Or might an Earth stomper be a dancer? Or perhaps one who is tamping down the ground after seeding it? Assistance with the interpretation of this glyph and the deity name would be appreciated.

This glyph has both textual and visual reduplication, and the visual reduplication could be seen in both the tlalli and in the verb, tetecuini, given the parcels and the two stones. The stones are taken here to be logographic and semantic rather than phonetic, in that they are probably considered to be doing the pounding. Signs for tlalli can have borders and elaborate designs that include circles (see below).