Tlaloques

deity water Aztec single tradition · 1

The Tlaloques were rain gods in Aztec religion and the younger brothers of Huixtocihuatl. According to the Florentine Codex, Huixtocihuatl angered them by mocking them, and in response they banished her to the salt beds.

When

First attested
1500 CE
Attested period
1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Documented in the Florentine Codex as the younger brothers who banished Huixtocihuatl to the salt beds.

Relationships

sibling of
Huixtocihuatl
co occurs with
Tlaloc

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“It records that Huixtocihuatl angered her younger brothers, the Tlaloques, by mocking them, so they banished her to the salt beds.”

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