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Chalchiuhtotolin.

Headword: 
Chalchiuhtotolin.
Principal English Translation: 

the name of a deity ("Jade-Turkey" or "Precious Turkey"), part of the Tetzcatlipoca complex, representing omnipotence, feasting and revelry
"Table 3. Major Deities of the Late Pre-Hispanic Central Mexican Nahua-Speaking Communities." Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 6: Social Anthropology, ed Manning Nash (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1967).

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Food, Eating, Cooking
Religion (Indigenous)
Turquoise, Greenstone/Jade