Chalchiuhtlicue
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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.
Chalchiutlicue in the Codex Borbonicus (page 2)
Chalchiuhtlicue, unknown Aztec artist, 1200–1521, gray basalt, red ochre. Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2009.33
Chalchiuhtlicue in Codex Borgia, page 65. Chalchiuhtlicue pictured at right.
Statue of Chalchiuhtlicue (or other water goddess) from the Pyramid of the Moon
Tláloc
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Tláloc is the god of rain in Aztec religion. He was also a deity of earthly fertility and water, and worshipped as a giver of life and sustenance; many rituals and sacrifices predicated upon these asp
Chalchiuhtlicue
…Skirt' by the Tlaxcalans, an indigenous group who inhabited the republic of Tlaxcala. Chalchiuitlicue was the wife or sister of the Aztec god of rain Tlaloc, depending on the text. Tlaloc and Chalchiuitlicue share similar attributes as they are both water deities; however, Chalchiuitlicue was often associated…
Tláloc in the Codex Borgia
A brazier depicting Tláloc from Ozuluama, Classic Veracruz culture.
Depiction of Patterns of War, Tláloc (bottom right)
Tláloc, as shown in the late 16th century Codex Ríos.