Chalchiuhtlicue

Chalchiuhtlicue

Chalchiuhtlicue or 'She of the Jade Skirt' is an Aztec deity of water, rivers, seas, streams, storms, and baptism. Chalchiuhtlicue is associated with fertility, and she is the patroness of childbirth. Chalchiuhtlicue was highly revered at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, and she was an important deity for the Nahuas in the Postclassic period of central Mexico. Chalchiuhtlicue belongs to a larger group of Aztec rain gods, and she is closely related to the water god Chalchiuhtlatonal.

Pantheon: Aztec Culture: Nahua / Aztec Civilization: Aztec Empire Period: 1300 CE – 1521 CE

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