This hand-carved Chalchiuhtlicue statue depicts the Aztec goddess of water in her full power — crowned in an elaborate headdress, her body adorned with jade beads and serpent spirals, her skirt dissolving into flowing waves with aquatic plants rising at her feet. Available in two finishes: a painted Multicolor version with jade green and gold tones, and a natural Brown varnished ash wood finish. Standing 8 inches tall, each piece is individually carved in Ukraine.
Chalchiuhtlicue — whose name means "She of the Jade Skirt" — was one of the most important deities in the Aztec pantheon, the goddess of lakes, rivers, springs, and all freshwater. She was the patroness of childbirth and the protector of newborns, believed to surround each new life with a river of sacred water at the moment of birth. In the Aztec creation myth, she presided over the Fourth Sun — the age before our own — which ended in a great flood. She is the consort of Tlaloc, the rain god, and together they governed the waters that made agriculture and life possible. Her jade-green garments symbolise the nourishing, life-giving properties of water, and she appears throughout the Aztec and Mexican heritage mythology as a goddess of both creation and destruction — water that sustains and water that overwhelms.
Details
Material: hand-carved ash wood
Finish: varnish (available in Brown and Multicolor/painted)
Height: 8.0 in / 20.5 cm — Width: 4.3 in / 11.0 cm — Depth: 1.9 in / 5.0 cm
Wipe clean with a dry cloth — do not submerge in water
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