Chalchiuhtlicue: Aztec Goddess of Rivers and Lakes
Chalchiuhtlicue, “She of the Jade Skirt,” is the Aztec goddess of rivers, lakes, streams, and all fresh waters that sustain life. She is revered as a divine mother figure, presiding over fertility, agriculture, healing, and childbirth. In Aztec cosmology, the waters she governs are both nurturing and perilous, able to grant life to the earth or wash it clean through
