ID: 901002066 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002066	Record Type: Character/Person

	Chalchiuhtlicue (Aztec deity)

Note: Aztec goddess of freshwater such as rivers, lakes, streams, etc. Wife, and sometimes sister, of the rain god Tlaloc. She ruled over the fourth of the previous suns, was deity of maize (corn). Like other water deities, she was often associated with serpents.

Names:

	Chalchiuhtlicue (Aztec deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Chalchihuitlicue (Aztec deity) (English)
	Matlalcueye (Aztec deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Aztec iconography> (P)
		............<Aztec characters> (P)
		................Chalchiuhtlicue (Aztec deity) (P)

Related Iconography:

	consort/spouse of .... Tlaloc
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Nahua iconography, Nahua characters, Tlaloc (Nahua deity)) [901001411]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	nationality is .... Aztec (culture or style)
	.....(Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles, Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles and periods, Mesoamerican regional styles and periods, Mesoamerican, Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... fresh water (water by property)
	.....(water by property, water (inorganic material), inorganic material, materials by composition, materials (substances), Materials (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... snakes (suborder)
	.....(Squamata (order), Reptilia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Chalchiuhtlicue (Aztec deity)
	................Pillsbury et al, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts (2017) 303
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................British Museum [online] (1999-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Chalchihuitlicue (Aztec deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Matlalcueye (Aztec deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/307651?sortBy=Relevance&ft=chalchiuhtlicue&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1