Tlaloc
MythologyAztec
RoleGod of rain and fertility
About Tlaloc
Among the oldest deities of Mesoamerica, worshipped since the age of Teotihuacan. Gives the rain that sustains maize. His paradise, Tlalocan, received those who died by water. His goggled eyes and jaguar fangs mark his images. Shared the Templo Mayor with Huitzilopochtli.
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