 After a long struggle, Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl managed to rip her body in two — from the upper half came the sky, and from the lower came the earth.She remained alive, however, and demanded human blood as repayment for her sacrifice.The other gods were angered to hear of Tlatlecuhtli's treatment and decreed that the various parts of her dismembered body would become the features of the new world.