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Tlaloc was also worshipped in pre-Aztec times, by the Teotihuacan and Toltec civilizations.


MYTHOLOGY


Tlaloc was first married to Xochiquetzal , a goddess of flowers, but then Tezcatlipoca kidnapped her. He later married the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue , "She of the Jade Skirt". His underworld included those killed by lightning, drowning and disease. With Chalchiuhtlicue, he was the father of Tecciztecatl . He had an older sister named Huixtocihuatl . He ruled over the third of the five worlds in Aztec belief.

In Salvadoran mythology, he was also the father of Cipitio .


RELATED GODS


Other Mesoamerican people had similar rain gods with slightly different attributes, such as the Mayan god Chaac and the Zapotec deity Cocijo .


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