quiyahuitl (Mdz45r)

This element for rain (quiyahuitl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tlachquiyauhco. The rain consists of six vertical, short streams of water painted turquoise blue and with black lines in the middle that suggest current or flow (movement). At the bottom of the streams are white water droplets/beads that are small concentric circles left white or neutral. The streams of rain are presented symmetrically in two groups of three. The staggering of these raindrops at different heights provides a type of visual movement, as though they are falling through the air. They fall from an unknown source, as though suspended in air.