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Chalchiuitlicue was the wife or sister of the Aztec god of rain Tlaloc, depending on the text. Tlaloc and Chalchiuitlicue share similar attributes as they are both water deities; however, Chalchiuitlicue was often associated with groundwater, unlike Tlaloc. [8] She was also the mother of the Aztec moon god Tecciztecatl.
Tláloc in the Codex Borgia. Tláloc in the Codex Laud. Tláloc ( Classical Nahuatl: Tláloc [ˈtɬaːlok]) [5] is the god of rain in Aztec religion. He was also a deity of earthly fertility and water, [6] worshipped as a giver of life and sustenance. This came to be due to many rituals, and sacrifices that were held in his name.
The Ogallala Aquifer (oh-gə-LAH-lə) is a shallow water table aquifer surrounded by sand, silt, clay, and gravel located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. As one of the world's largest aquifers, it underlies an area of approximately 174,000 sq mi (450,000 km 2) in portions of eight states (South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas).
Hebo, god of the Yellow River. Longmu, goddess of the Xijiang River in the Lingnan area. Mazu, goddess of the sea and protector of seafarers. Shuimu, goddess of the water. Shui Wei Niang, goddess of the water. Shuidexianjun (水德星君) Tam Kung, sea deity worshiped in Hong Kong and Macau with the ability to forecast weather.
The Canob Park disaster sparked a national outcry in the 1980s to clean up and regulate the thousands of underground tanks storing petroleum, heating oil and other hazardous chemicals across the ...
Water storage. Water storage is a broad term referring to storage of both potable water for consumption, and non potable water for use in agriculture. In both developing countries and some developed countries found in tropical climates, there is a need to store potable drinking water during the dry season. In agriculture water storage, water is ...
Viracocha. Viracocha (also Wiraqocha, Huiracocha; Quechua Wiraqucha) is the great creator deity in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andes region of South America. According to the myth Viracocha had human appearance [1] and was generally considered as bearded. [2]
Abzu ( apsû) is depicted as a deity [9] only in the Babylonian creation epic, the Enūma Eliš, taken from the library of Assurbanipal (c. 630 BCE) but which is about 500 years older. In this story, he was a primal being made of fresh water and a lover to another primal deity, Tiamat, a creature of salt water. The Enūma Eliš begins: "When ...