Tlaloc (TR43r)
This image of the divine force (or deity) of rain, Tlaloc, is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. We are classifying this as iconography, because it is not a glossed hieroglyph, per se. It has the hallmarks of goggle eyes, fangs, and a swirling blue line (perhaps clouds) around its eye and mouth. In this example, Tlaloc has paper adornments on its head. The paper has designs in black rubber. The image is also resting on the top of a quemitl (ritual bib).
Stephanie Wood
ca. 1550–1563
Jeff Haskett-Wood
deidades, deities, dioses, lluvia, rain, celestial waters
This is an early post-Classic (900–1250 CE) example of a vase with a rendition of Tlaloc. It was found at Tenenepanco, Popocatepetl volcano, in the State of Mexico. It is on display at the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City. (SW)
Tlaloc, the sacred force or deity of rain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaloc
(nombre de la fuerza divina de la lluvia)
Stephanie Wood
Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 43 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f111.item.zoom
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