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a divinity, divine or sacred force; "Woman of the Chalmeca (inhabitants of Chalman, today called Chalma)" -- possibly a "sister" of the merchant divine force called Yacateuctli; one of five religious figures impersonated by slaves offered by merchants as sacrificial victims
Chalmecatl is the name given for an "idol" hidden in Tecanalcanco according to a witness in an inquisitorial proceeding in Culhuacan of December 1539.
"Chiconquiauitl, or Chalmecaciuatl" was a goddess worshipped by the merchants who also worshipped Yacateuctli. According to Seler, she was "a goddess of water and the earth." (central Mexico, sixteenth century)