Xolotl, God of Life, Monsters and Misfortune, had eight children. Though they did not know it, each child stole and kept a piece of Xolotl for themselves.

The third child, Considered by some the most precious of all Xolotls children, imbued with the power to birth life. Formed when a comet stole the sky. Turquoise is responsible for all the creatures living in the rivers and sea.