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The rain deities had their human counterparts. In the traditional Maya (and Mesoamerican) community, one of the most important functions was that of rainmaker, which presupposed an intimate acquaintance with (and thus, initiation by) the rain deities, and a knowledge of their places and movements. [3]
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.
In Aztec cosmology, the four corners of the universe are marked by "the four Tlálocs" (Classical Nahuatl: Tlālōquê [tɬaːˈloːkeʔ]) which both hold up the sky and function as the frame for the passing of time. Tláloc was the patron of the Calendar day Mazātl. In Aztec mythology, Tláloc was the lord of the third sun which was destroyed ...
This is a list of deities playing a role in the Classic (200–1000 CE), Post-Classic (1000–1539 CE) and Contact Period (1511–1697) of Maya religion.The names are mainly taken from the books of Chilam Balam, Lacandon ethnography, the Madrid Codex, the work of Diego de Landa, and the Popol Vuh.
Diwata na Magbabaya (Bukidnon mythology): simply referred as Magbabaya; the good supreme deity and supreme planner who looks like a man; created the earth and the first eight elements, namely bronze, gold, coins, rock, clouds, rain, iron, and water; using the elements, he also created the sea, sky, moon, and stars; also known as the pure god ...
Q'uq'umatz, K'iche Maya god of wind and rain, also known as Kukulkan, Aztec equivalent is Quetzalcoatl. Tezcatlipoca, Aztec god of hurricanes and night winds. Tlaloc, Aztec rain and earthquake god. Mayan equivalent is Chaac. Tohil, K'iche Maya god of rain, sun, and fire. Tupã, the Guaraní god of thunder and light. Creator of the universe.
Water deities. Tlaloc, god of rain, lightning and thunder. He is a fertility god. Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of running water, lakes, rivers, seas, streams, horizontal waters, storms, and baptism. Huixtocihuatl, goddess of salt; Opochtli, god of fishing and birdcatchers, discoverer of both the harpoon and net; Atlahua, god of water, a fisherman ...
Tiacapan, one of the goddesses of sex; Ixcuina, one of the goddesses of sex; Tecotzin or Teicu, one of the goddesses of sex; Tlaloc, god of thunder, rain and the earth. In this layer he pierces the "clouds' bellies" to make them rain. Ehecatl, god of the wind. In this layer he blows the clouds with his breath (breezes) to make them move.