Huixtocihuatl

Huixtocihuatl (also Uixtochihuat or Uixtociuatl ) was, according to Aztec mythology, the goddess of salt, salt water and fertility. Therefore, she was worshiped mainly in the salt mines near Tenochtitlan. However, it was already known in pre- Aztec times. Its name comes from the Nahuatl and means as much as woman of the salt. It is considered the elder sister of the rain god Tlaloc. In the seventh month of the sacred Mexican eighteenth year it was celebrated, in which there was also human sacrifices. Other sources refer to them as the wife of Tezcatlipoca. Huixtocihuatl wore a dress that was adorned with jadeite and wave patterns. On her heels snail shells and the rattle of rattlesnakes were attached. My headband was decorated with green feathers, in one hand she carried a shield in the other flowers and feathers.