Chalchiuhtlicue (TR8r)

This example of iconography from the Codex Telleriano-Remensis shows the deity or divine force of Chalchiuhtlicue, "Jade-Her Skirt." She has an association with earthly waters, the complement of the celestial waters of the divine force of rain, Tlaloc. In this image, four streams of water emerge from her chest, each one with a droplet or bead at the tip. Two more streams come out of her headdress, one with a droplet and one with a turbinate shell. The headdress is the same of turquoise blue as the water, but with a horizontal white line across it and some white fringe at the back of the headdress, all of this with black dots or black hash marks. Green feathers (probably quetzalli) also arise from the headdress and bend backward. A red ring holds them together at their base. What may be two short yellow feathers also emerge from this red ring. On the deity's chest is a turquoise blue rounded cloth with red trim. Her hair(?) is purple. There is a turquoise ear plug with a red center at about ear level. The skin of her face is red. A yellow outline runs around her face. Her (open?) eye is white.