Chalchiuhtlicue

Chalchiuhtlicue
Chalchiuhtlicue
Goddess of Water, Seas, Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, Streams, and Baptism
Member of Aztec gods
	Chalchiutlicue in the Codex Borbonicus (page 5)
Other names	Iztac-Chalchiuhtlicue, Matlalcueye
Abode	Tlalocan; Ilhuicatl-Meztli (1st Heaven); Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl (Gulf of Mexico);
Gender	Female
Region	Mesoamerica
Ethnic group	Aztec, Tlaxcaltec (Nahua)
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] (from chālchihuitl [t͡ʃaːɬˈt͡ʃiwit͡ɬ] "jade" and cuēitl [kʷeːit͡ɬ] "skirt") (also spelled Chalciuhtlicue, Chalchiuhcueye, or Chalcihuitlicue) ("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 in Aztec culture at the time of the Spanish conquest, and she was an important deity figure in the Postclassic Aztec realm of central Mexico. Chalchiuhtlicue belongs to a larger group of Aztec rain gods, and she is closely related to another Aztec water god called Chalchiuhtlatonal.