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Tláloc (Classical Nahuatl: Tláloc [ˈtɬaːlok]) [5] is the god of rain in Aztec religion. He was also a deity of earthly fertility and water, [ 6 ] worshipped as a giver of life and sustenance. This came to be due to many rituals, and sacrifices that were held in his name.
Miquiztlitecuhtli, god of death. Tlāloc, god of rain, lightning, and thunder. Tlaloc is associated with fertility and agriculture. Tlaloc pierces the clouds' bellies to make them rain in the first layer of the Thirteen Heavens. [4] Tlāloqueh, gods of rain, weather, and mountains. Tlaloc had also been considered the ruler of this motley group.
Tlaloc, god of rain, lightning and thunder. He is a fertility god. Lords of the Day. Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire and time; Tlaltecuhtli, the god/goddess of the earth (changed in the landscape and atmosphere) Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of running water, lakes, rivers, streams, the sea, horizontal waters, storms, and baptism. Tonatiuh, god of the Sun
Chaac (also spelled Chac or, in Classic Mayan, Chaahk) is the name of the Maya god of rain, thunder, and lightning. With his lightning axe, Chaac strikes the clouds, causing them to produce thunder and rain. Chaac corresponds to Tlaloc among the Aztecs.
He was also the patron god of the Aztec priesthood. [5] He was one of several important gods in the Aztec pantheon, along with the gods Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli. The two other gods represented by the planet Venus are Tlaloc (ally and the god of rain) and Xolotl (psychopomp and its twin).
Chalchiuhtlicue was highly revered in Aztec culture at the time of the Spanish conquest, and she was an important deity figure in the Postclassic Aztec realm of central Mexico. [5] Chalchiuhtlicue belongs to a larger group of Aztec rain gods, [6] and she is closely related to another Aztec water god called Chalchiuhtlatonal. [7]
Each of the four sons takes a turn as Sun, these suns are the sun of earth, the sun of air, the sun of fire, the sun of water (Tlaloc, rain god replaces Xipe-Totec). Each world is destroyed. The present era, the Fifth Sun is ushered in when a lowly god, Nanahuatzin sacrifices himself in fire and becomes Tonatiuh, the Fifth Sun. In his new ...
Mbaba Mwana Waresa, goddess of rain in Bantu mythology; Mpulu Bunzi, god of rain in Kongo mythology. Bunzi, goddess of rain in Woyo mythology . Saa ngmin, God of rain in Dagaaba mythology (Upper West Region of Ghana) Fwha, Goddess of rain, fertile regions, and the rainy season in Akan mythology; Amosu, name means 'Giver of Rain' from Akan mythology