Tlaloc

E30225

Aztec god Mesoamerican deity deity rain god

Tlaloc is the ancient Mesoamerican rain and storm god, especially revered by the Aztecs as a powerful bringer of fertility and destructive floods.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tlaloc canonical	39
Chaac	1
Tlaloc’s tlaloque (rain spirits)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aztec god ⓘ Mesoamerican deity ⓘ deity ⓘ rain god ⓘ
afterlifeDomain	Tlalocan ⓘ
associatedWith	caves ⓘ fertility of the earth ⓘ floods ⓘ hail ⓘ lightning ⓘ maize ⓘ springs ⓘ thunder ⓘ
culture	Aztec Empire ⓘ surface form: Aztec Mesoamerican ⓘ
direction	east ⓘ
domain	agriculture ⓘ fertility ⓘ mountains ⓘ rain ⓘ storms ⓘ water ⓘ
equivalentInMaya	Tlaloc self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chaac
equivalentInZapotec	Cocijo ⓘ
festival	Atlcahualo ⓘ Etzalcualiztli ⓘ Tozoztontli ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
halfOfTwinTempleWith	Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
iconographyFeature	fangs ⓘ goggle-like eyes ⓘ headdress of feathers ⓘ lightning bolts ⓘ water jars ⓘ
majorTemple	Mount Tlaloc ⓘ Templo Mayor ⓘ
memberOf	Aztec mythology ⓘ surface form: Aztec pantheon
receivesSoulsOf	those who die by drowning ⓘ those who die by lightning ⓘ those who die of water-related diseases ⓘ
requires	child sacrifice ⓘ human sacrifice ⓘ
residence	Tlalocan ⓘ
role	bringer of destructive storms ⓘ bringer of life-giving rain ⓘ protector of farmers ⓘ punisher through drought and hail ⓘ
spouse	Chalchiuhtlicue ⓘ Xochiquetzal ⓘ
worshipCenter	Tenochtitlan ⓘ
worshipPeriod	Aztec Empire ⓘ Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesoamerica → hasKeyDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Tenochtitlan → dedicatedToDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Aztec Empire → pantheonIncludes → Tlaloc ⓘ

Toltec civilization → majorDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Huitzilopochtli → sharesTemploMayorWith → Tlaloc ⓘ

Tlaloc → equivalentInMaya → Tlaloc self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaac

Templo Mayor → dedicatedTo → Tlaloc ⓘ

Templo Mayor → associatedWithDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Nahua → majorDeityHistorically → Tlaloc ⓘ

Monolith of Tlaloc → depicts → Tlaloc ⓘ

Monolith of Tlaloc → associatedDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Cempoala → mainDeityVenerated → Tlaloc ⓘ

Mexica → majorDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Ahuitzotl → associatedWithDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Postclassic period of Mesoamerica → importantDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Aztec mythology → hasCentralDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Left-Handed Hummingbird → templeSharedWith → Tlaloc ⓘ

subject surface form: Huitzilopochtli

Chalchiuhtlicue → spouseOrConsort → Tlaloc ⓘ

Chalchiuhtlicue → relatedDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Xochiquetzal → spouse → Tlaloc ⓘ

Mount Tlaloc → namedAfter → Tlaloc ⓘ

Mount Tlaloc → dedicatedTo → Tlaloc ⓘ

Mount Tlaloc → associatedDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Tlalocan → associatedDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Tlalocan → relatedConcept → Tlaloc ⓘ

Tozoztontli → dedicatedTo → Tlaloc ⓘ

Tozoztontli → associatedWithDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Etzalcualiztli → dedicatedTo → Tlaloc ⓘ

Etzalcualiztli → hasDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Etzalcualiztli → associatedDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlaloc’s tlaloque (rain spirits)

Cocijo → equatedWith → Tlaloc ⓘ

Chaac → equivalentInAztecMythology → Tlaloc ⓘ

Atlcahualo → honorsDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Atlcahualo → associatedDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Profundulidae → containsGenus → Tlaloc ⓘ

Cyprinodontidae → hasMember → Tlaloc ⓘ

Piramide de Tenayuca → dedicatedTo → Tlaloc ⓘ

San Miguel Coatlinchán → associatedWithDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ

Xipe Totec → relatedTo → Tlaloc ⓘ

Mesoamerican mythology → hasDeity → Tlaloc ⓘ