Chalchiuhtlicue
Chalchiuhtlicue is associated with Chicomecōātl, sharing attributes such as her headdress and the short lines rubbing down her cheeks.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- 1200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented by Bernardino de Sahagún.
Relationships
- parent of
- Tēcciztēcatl
- co occurs with
- Great Goddess of Teotihuacan, Tēcciztēcatl, Ixcuina, Tlaltecuhtli, Tlalcihuatl, Xiuhtecuhtli, Xantico, Meztli, Quetzalcoatl, Nanahuatzin, Xolotl, Ehecatl, Virgin of Guadalupe, Huitzilopochtli, Coyolxauhqui, Tlazolteotl, Mictlantecuhtli, Tonatiuh, Mictecacihuatl, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl
- sibling of
- Huixtocihuatl, Chicomecōātl
- created by
- Tezcatlipōca
- consort of
- Tlaloc
- allied with
- Chalchiuhtlatonal
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“She is also often depicted with attributes of Chalchiuhtlicue, such as her headdress and the short lines rubbing down her cheeks. Chicomecōātl is usually distinguished by being shown carrying ears of maize.”
#14935 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In each one, one god has taken on the task of serving as the sun: Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcōātl, Tlaloc, and Chalchiuhtlicue. Each age ended because the gods were not satisfied with the humans they had created.”
#16979 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“While the Aztec goddess Chalchiuhtlicue has been identified as a successor to the Great Goddess of Teotihuacan”
#32943 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Chalchiutlicue presides over the day 5 Serpent and the trecena of 1 Reed. Her feast is celebrated in the ventena of Etzalqualiztli. She is associated with the fertility of both people and land, and the Aztecs asked Chalchiutlicue for a good harvest of crops.”
#33323 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Tezcatlipocas created four couple-gods to control the waters by Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue; the Earth by Tlaltecuhtli and Tlalcihuatl; the underworld (Mictlan) by Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacihuatl; and the fire by Xantico and Xiuhtecuhtli.”
#33332 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001