Tlaloc
Tlaloc is the rain god. He represented fertility and growth to the Aztecs. The blue shrine to the north of the Templo Mayor was dedicated to Tlaloc.
↻ synthesized from 15 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned by Diego Durán in the 16th century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Centeōtl, Nanahuatzin, the four Tlálocs, cuitlacochin, Maize God, Chac Chel, Chac, Corn God E, Huehueteotl, Xolotl, Ehecatl, Tlahuizcalpanteuctli, Gukumatz, Goddess of the Cave, Young Maize god, Kʼukʼulkan, Cocijo, Tlazolteotl, Tēcciztēcatl, Xiuhtecuhtli, Tlaloques, Tonatiuh, Mictecacihuatl, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Tlaltecuhtli, Tlalcihuatl, Xantico, Meztli, Black Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, Vision Serpent, Mictlantecuhtli, Coyolxauhqui
- consort of
- Xochiquetzal, Chalchiuhtlicue
- allied with
- Huitzilopochtli, Chalchiuhtlicue, Xiuhtecuhtli, Chicomecōātl
- syncretized with
- Christian figures, Great Goddess of Teotihuacan, Chaac, Aktzin, Dzahui
- parent of
- Tēcciztēcatl
- created by
- Tezcatlipōca
- sibling of
- Huixtocihuatl
- manifested by
- Chaac
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan was dedicated to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc, the rain god. 16th century Dominican friar Diego Durán wrote: "These two gods were always meant to be together, since they were considered companions of equal power."”
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“In each one, one god has taken on the task of serving as the sun: Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcōātl, Tlaloc, and Chalchiuhtlicue. Each age ended because the gods were not satisfied with the humans they had created.”
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“Chaac corresponds to Tlaloc among the Aztecs and Cocijo among the Zapotecs.”
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“These many representations of water led Caso to declare this to be a representation of the rain god, Tlaloc...Caso interpreted this scene as the afterlife realm of Tlaloc”
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“The Florentine Codex describes an Aztec religious observance during the monthly feast of Izcalli (dedicated to Xiuhtecuhtli and Tlaloc), when boys had to hunt in the swamps for small water-related animals, such as snakes, lizards, frogs and even dragonfly larvae, and present these to elders serving as the guardians of the fire deity.”
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