Tlaloc

Aztec/Mexica · deity · cosmogonic · deity

Goggle-eyed, fanged storm god of rain, lightning and agriculture; lord of Tlalocan.

Domains

rain
lightning and thunder
agriculture and fertility

Powers

Send rain, hail, lightning, drought and flood
Command the rain-dwarf Tlaloque to break water-jars
Receive the storm-slain into the paradise Tlalocan

Epithets

Tlamacazqui
Tlālocān tēuctli

Relations

interpretatio: Cocijo
spouse: Chalchiuhtlicue
spouse: Xochiquetzal
equated with: Chaac

Sources

Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Books I, III, VII

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