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Tlaloc, Aztec God of Rain
Tlaloc, Aztec God of Rain
Tlaloc, Aztec God of Rain
Tlaloc, Aztec God of Rain
Tlaloc, Aztec God of Rain
Tlaloc, Aztec God of Rain
Tlaloc, Aztec God of Rain

Photo credit: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

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Tlaloc ('He Who Makes Things Sprout') is the god of rain, lightning and thunder. A fertility god but also a wrathful deity. This Aztec statuette may have had a ritual function of holding liquids, as suggested by the vessel on its head.

Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

Hastings

Title

Tlaloc, Aztec God of Rain

Date

14th C–16th C

Medium

terracotta

Measurements

H 47 x W 27 x D 15 cm

Accession number

1958.34.1

Work type

Sculpture

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