Chalchiuhtlicue
Aztec/Mexica · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Goddess of terrestrial waters, baptism and birth; consort of Tlaloc and ruler of the fourth sun.
Domains
- freshwater
- rivers lakes and seas
- baptism and birth
Powers
- Govern rivers, springs, lakes and the sea
- Govern the fourth sun ending in deluge
Epithets
- Matlalcueye She of the blue-green skirt; the water-goddess’s alternate name (and of Mount Malinche)Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1 (primary); Muñoz Camargo, Historia de Tlaxcala (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: TlalocGoddess of terrestrial waters, named as Tlaloc's wife in the 16th-c. cosmogonic accounts.Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas (primary)
Sources
- existence: Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Books I, VI, VII (primary)