 In carvings, Tlaltecuhtli is often depicted as an anthropomorphic being with splayed arms and legs.Considered the source of all living things, she had to be kept sated by human sacrifices which would ensure the continued order of the world.Tlaltecuhtli is known from several post-conquest manuscripts that surveyed Mexica mythology and belief systems, such as the "Histoyre du méchique", Florentine Codex, and Codex Bodley, both compiled in the sixteenth century.