 The goddess' Classical Nahuatl name can be rendered both "Cōātlīcue" and "Cōātl īcue", from "cōātl" “snake” and "īcue" “her skirt”, roughly meaning “[she who has] the skirt of snakes”.The name "Tēteoh īnnān", from "tēteoh", plural of "teōtl" “god”, + "īnnān" “their mother”, refers directly to her maternal role.Coatlicue is represented as a woman wearing a skirt of writhing snakes and a necklace made of human hearts, hands, and skulls.