rain god

Tlāloc, the great rain and storm god of the Aztecs, ruled over the life-giving waters upon which all crops, and therefore all people, depended. His name evokes moisture, fertility, lakes, and the trembling voice of thunder rolling through the mountains of Central Mexico. Tlāloc dwells in Tlālocan, a lush, paradisiacal realm filled with verdant plants and unending springs, a place