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Xicalcoliuhqui
Xicalcoliuhqui (also referred to as a "step fret" or "stepped fret" design and ''greca'' in Spanish) is a common motif in Mesoamerican art.〔〔〔〔 It is composed of three or more steps connected to a hook or spiral, reminiscent of a "greek-key" meander.〔 Pre-Columbian examples may be found on everything from jewelry, masks, ceramics, sculpture, textiles and featherwork to painted murals, codices and architectural elements of buildings.〔〔〔 The motif has been in continual use from the pre-Columbian era to the present.〔〔
==Connotations==
The word ''xicalcoliuhqui'' () means "twisted gourd" (''xical''- "gourdbowl" and ''coliuhqui'' "twisted") in Nahuatl.〔〔〔 The motif is associated with many ideas, and is variously thought to depict water, waves, clouds, lightning, a serpent or serpent-deity like the mythological fire or feathered serpents, as well as more philosophical ideas like cyclical movement, or the life-giving connection between the light of the sun and the earth, and it may have been a protection against death, but no single meaning is universally accepted.〔〔〔 It is also possible that the motif represents the cut conch shell which is an emblem of Ehecatl, the wind god, an aspect of Quetzalcoatl.〔〔 It seems likely that the multivalent nature of the symbol gave rise to its potency and longevity.〔
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