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a necklace of green stones; also, a female divine force ("goddess")
Auh yujn, in muchichioaia: moxaoaia, texotica, motenujltec, motexotenujltec, mixcoçalhuj, chalchiuhcuzque, xiuhnacoche, texoamacale, quetzalmjiaoaio, atlacujlolhvipile, atlacujlolhuiujpile, atlacujlolcueie, atlaccueçonanchimale, aiuchicaoaçe, cacalaca; poçulcaque. = And thus was she decked: she was painted yellow and blue; she was painted blue about the lips and on her face. She wore a green-stone necklace; she had turquoise {mosaic} ear-plugs. She had a blue paper cap with a spray of quetzal feathers. Her shift and her skirt were painted like water. She bore a shield ornamented with water lily leaf and flower. She carried the mist-rattleboard, which she sounded. She wore foam sandals. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
chalchiuhcozcatl ololiuhqui = necklace of round green stone beads