Thunder Lord

Totonac (Veracruz/Sierra, Mexico), as recorded by Ichon and Kelly & Palerm. English 'Thunder Lord' leads; Totonac Aktsiní' (also Aktzin, Ā'ktzini, 'He who makes Thunder'). The ruined city El Tajín ('thunder/lightning') is named for him. Distinct from the collective Twelve Old Thunderbolts though he heads them.

Domains

• thunder and lightning
• rain

Powers

• strike the clouds to make thunder
• strikes the clouds with his axe to make thunder and lightning
• heads the Twelve Old Thunderbolts who dwell in the ruins of El Tajin

Epithets

• Aktsini'
• Trueno Viejo

Relations

• companion: Twelve Old Thunderbolts

Sources

• Ichon, Alain (1969). La religión de los totonacas de la sierra. México: Instituto Nacional Indigenista.
• Kelly, Isabel & Palerm, Angel (1952). The Tajín Totonac, Part 1. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, Institute of Social Anthropology Publication 13.