Chalchiuhtlicue, She of the Jade Skirt

The myth

Chalchiuhtlicue, “Jade Skirt,” is the goddess of the waters that run on earth: rivers, lakes, springs and the sea. Sister, wife or mother of Tláloc depending on the source, she was also patron of childbirth and newborns, whom midwives bathed while invoking her name. In the Legend of the Suns she presided over the fourth sun, the Water Sun, which ended in a flood that turned people into fish. The Mexica called the Gulf of Mexico Chalchiuhcueyecatl, “waters of Chalchiuhtlicue.” A huge monolith of her from Teotihuacan stands in the National Museum of Anthropology.

Why it has this power

A Level 8 Epic with 2650 ATK and 2700 DEF: defense above attack, like the river that endures and always returns to its bed. Water is her realm; Moon and Leviathan, the tides and the deep. As a Deity, she gains +700 from the Quetzal-Feather Headdress and the Ritual Turquoise Mask.

Did you know

The name Chalchiuhtlicue comes from chalchihuitl, “precious green stone,” and cueitl, “skirt.”

Connections

Where to get it

• Daily Offering: 0.012% per pack (Epic 0.15% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.045% per pack · 0.23% in the themed pack (Epic 0.24% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.18% per pack · 0.94% in the themed pack (Epic 1% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 0.49% per pack · 2.5% in the themed pack (Epic 3% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 0.91% per pack · 4.6% in the themed pack (Epic 6% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 2.6% of days · 1,500 gems
• Craft with card dust: 2,400 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. Aztec Pantheon — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright
2. Chalchiuhtlicue en la Sala de Teotihuacan del Museo Nacional de Antropología (Arqueología Mexicana) — Enrique Vela
3. La Chalchiuhtlicue de Tlatelolco (Arqueología Mexicana) — Leonardo López Luján et al.