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Chalchiuhtlicue
| Chalchiuhtlicue | |
|---|---|
Goddess of water, mistress of lakes, rivers and seas | |
| Member of Aztec gods | |
 Chalchiutlicue in the Codex Borbonicus (page 5) | |
| Other names | Iztac-Chalchiuhtlicue, Matlalcueye |
| Abode | |
| Gender | Female |
| Region | Mesoamerica |
| Ethnic group | Aztec, Tlaxcaltec (Nahua) |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Created by the Tezcatlipocas[3] (Codex Zumarraga) |
| Siblings | None |
| Consort | Tlaloc |
| Children |
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| 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.[citation needed] Chalchiuhtlicue is associated with fertility, and she is the patroness of childbirth.[4] 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.[5] Chalchiuhtlicue belongs to a larger group of Aztec rain gods,[6] and she is closely related to another Aztec water god called Chalchiuhtlatonal.[7]
- ^ a b c d Cecilio A. Robelo (1905). Diccionario de Mitología Nahoa (in Spanish). Editorial Porrúa. pp. 567, 568, 569, 570, 571. ISBN 970-07-3149-9.
- ^ Cecilio A. Robelo (1905). Diccionario de Mitología Nahoa (in Spanish). Editorial Porrúa. pp. 206, 207. ISBN 970-07-3149-9.
- ^ Cecilio A. Robelo (1905). Diccionario de Mitología Nahoa (in Spanish). Editorial Porrúa. p. 351. ISBN 970-07-3149-9.
- ^ Read & González 2002: 140–142
- ^ According to the 16th-century Dominican friar and historian Diego Durán. "Universally revered" is quoted from his Book of the Gods and Rites, written 1574-1576 and published in English translation (Durán 1971: 261), as cited by Read & González 2002: 141.
- ^ Sahagún, Bernardino de (1970). Florentine Codex: General history of the things of New Spain: Book I, the Gods. Anderson, Arthur J. O., Dibble, Charles E. (2nd, rev ed.). Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research. p. 6. ISBN 9780874800005. OCLC 877854386.
- ^ Miller & Taube 1993: 60; Taube 1993: 32–35.
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