Xochiquetzalli ("beautiful like a flower") was a goddess of flowers, fertility, games, dancing and agriculture, as well as craftsmen, prostitutes and pregnant women. Given Quetzalcoatl's chaste status, she makes a good balance to him. She was originally a moon and love goddess. She was followed by a retinue consisting of birds and butterflies. Worshippers wore animal and flower masks at a festival, held in her honor every eight years.