Chalchiuhtlicue

Chalchiuhtlicue
Chalchiuhtlicue
Goddess of Water, Seas, Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, Streams, and Baptism
Member of Aztec gods
	Chalchiutlicue in the Codex Borbonicus (page 2)
Other names	Iztac-Chalchiuhtlicue, Matlalcueye
Abode	Tlālōcān; Thirteen Heavens (First Heaven); Gulf of Mexico;
Gender	Female
Region	Mesoamerica
Ethnic group	Aztecs, Tlaxcaltec (Nahuas)
Genealogy
Parents	Created by the Tezcatlipocas (Codex Zumarraga)
Siblings	None
Consort	Tlaloc
Children	With Tlaloc: the Tlaloque (Nappatecuhtli, Tomiyauhtecuhtli, Opochtli, Yauhtli) and Huixtocihuatl; With Tonatiuh: Centzon Mimixcoa (Leyenda de los Soles);
Equivalents
Greek	Poseidon

Chalchiuhtlicue [t͡ʃaːɬt͡ʃiwˈt͡ɬikʷeː] or 'She of the Jade Skirt' (from chālchihuitl [t͡ʃaːɬˈt͡ʃiwit͡ɬ] 'jade' and cuēitl [kʷeːit͡ɬ] 'skirt'; also spelled Chalciuhtlicue, Chalchiuhcueye, or Chalcihuitlicue) 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.