Chalchiuhtlicue, which means “She Who Wears a Jade Skirt,” was the Aztec goddess of rivers, lakes, and freshwater. She was also associated with infants and children. Naming rituals presided ...

The Maya used the name Kukulkan to refer to the same feathered serpent god. According to Aztec tradition, Quetzalcoatl was one of the creator deities responsible for shaping the world and humanity.

When the Tlaltecuhtli monolith was found, López Luján noticed that the god depicted held a rabbit, with ten dots above it, in its clawed right foot. In the Aztec writing system, 10-Rabbit is ...