 To the north of Cozumel is a much smaller island baptized by its Spanish discoverer, Hernández de Córdoba, the "Island of Women" (Isla Mujeres) "because of the idols he found there, of the goddesses of the country, Ixchel, Ixchebeliax or Ix Chebel Yax (the creasing moon represented as a weaving young lady), Ixhunie or Ix Uʼh butie ?