ID: 901001411 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001411	Record Type: Character/Person

	Tlaloc (Nahua deity)

Note: ENGLISH: Nahua deity associated with storms and rain. Represented with large round eyes or "goggles" and with pointed or curling elements at the mouth, sometimes interpreted as fangs. Related deities with similar iconography are found across Mesoamerica and from at least the 1st century BCE. For example, see Cocijo (Zapotec deity), and Chahk (Maya deity). SPANISH: Deidad nahua asociada a las tormentas y la lluvia. Representada con grandes ojos redondos o "gafas" y con elementos puntiagudos o rizados en la boca, a veces interpretados como colmillos. Deidades relacionadas con una iconografía similar se encuentran en toda Mesoamérica y desde al menos el siglo I a.C. Por ejemplo, véase Cocijo (deidad zapoteca) y Chahk (deidad maya). HUASTECAN: Totiotzin nahuatl tlen monehpanoa ica tlatomontli huan pitzauhcatl. Quipannectihtoqueh ica huehhuei ixtiyolli yahyahualtic zo ca ixtezcatl huan ica tlamantli tlen tenyacahuitztic zo mahmalacachtic ipan icamac, quemmantzin mocuamachilia quence huehhuei tlancochtli. Totiotzitzin tlen monehpanoa ica cequi ixcopoincayotl tlen quence cehca ipan nochi Mesoamerica ipan nechca siglo I AC. Para ce tlamanextilli xiquitta Cocijo (totiotzin zapoteco) huan Chahk (ce totiotzin tlen Maya).

Display Date: from 3rd century CE

Names:

	Tlaloc (Nahua deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Tlaloc (Nahua deity) (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl-P,D,N)
	Tlaloc (Nahua deity) (Spanish-P,D,N)
	Tlaloc (Nahua deity) (Classical Nahuatl-P,D,N)
	Totiotizin Tlaloc (Nahua deity) (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl,U,N)
	ahuahquez, tlatomonianih (Nahua deity) (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Nahua iconography> (P)
		............<Nahua characters> (P)
		................Tlaloc (Nahua deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	consort/spouse of .... Chalchiuhtlicue
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Aztec iconography, Aztec characters, Chalchiuhtlicue (Aztec deity)) [901002066]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Aztec (culture or style)
	.....(Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles, Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles and periods, Mesoamerican regional styles and periods, Mesoamerican, Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... agriculture (discipline)
	.....(biological sciences, natural sciences, science (modern discipline), science and related disciplines, disciplines (concept), Disciplines (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... rain
	.....(precipitation, weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Tlaloc (Nahua deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................Getty Museum, Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire (2010)
	................Sahagún 2012 (I) 7
	Totiotizin Tlaloc (Nahua deity)
	................GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
	ahuahquez, tlatomonianih (Nahua deity)
	................GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Tlaloc," accessed 16 June 2017
	................ GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
	................ Miller and Taube 1997:166-167 166-167