The Aztec water goddess once flooded the entire world
The Aztec goddess of water was so powerful that her tears are said to have caused a flood that turned the entire human race into fish.
Chalchiuhtlicue, whose name means 'She of the Jade Skirt,' presided over all fresh water in the Aztec world. While she was often a benevolent figure who protected newborns, she was also the ruler of the Fourth Sun, an era that ended in a global deluge. According to myth, she unleashed 52 years of torrential rain, causing the sky to fall and drowning the world.
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