Chalchiuhtlicue, which means “She Who Wears a Jade Skirt,” was the Aztec goddess of rivers ... such as making sure the water was not too hot when taking baths. She would recommend her charge ...

bearing the mesmerizingly horrific likeness of the earth goddess Tlaltecuhtli (pronounced tlal-TEK-tli)—the symbol of the Aztec life and death cycle, squatting to give birth while drinking her ...