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The Aztecs had a goddess of salt

By The Salt AlmanacPublished November 8, 2026

Painted page from a 16th-century Aztec codex illustrating the month Tecuilhuitontli
Tecuilhuitontli, the seventh month of the Aztec calendar, when the festival of the salt goddess Huixtocihuatl was held. From the Tovar Codex, about 1585.Juan de Tovar, c. 1585. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (World Digital Library) · Image source

Huixtocihuatl presided over salt and salt water. Salt-makers and their daughters danced in her honour for ten days each June, in a festival that ended with a human sacrifice.

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  1. Wikipedia. Huixtocihuatl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huixtocihuatl