Editing Chalchihuitlicue (section)

===Historical Rites and rituals===
Five of the twenty big celebrations in the Aztec calendar were dedicated to Chalchiutlicue and Tlaloc. During these celebrations, priests dove into a lake and imitated the movements and the croaking of frogs, hoping to bring rain.

Chalchiutlicue presides over the day 5 Serpent and the trecena of 1 Reed. Her feast is celebrated in the ventena of Etzalqualiztli (6th month in the Aztec calendar). As she is associated with the fertility of both people and land, the Aztecs asked Chalchiutlicue for a good harvest of crops. It is important to note that the Aztecs first began to use maize under her reign, which became a paramount staple to the Aztec diet and economy.

A series of ritualistic ceremonies were performed and dedicated to Chalchiuhtlicue and other childbirth/water deities called Atlcahualo. These ceremonies last for most of February.

"And sometimes she sank men in the water; she drowned them. The water was restless: the waves roared; they dashed and resounded. The water was wild."''