Tlaloc
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Tlaloc
< Mexican Spanish Tláloc < Nahuatl Tlāloc, equivalent to tlāl ( li ) earth, land + oc lies, is stretched out
Example Sentences
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According to the Coca people, Michi-Cihualli is the daughter of Tlaloc, the rain god.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
One side was dedicated to the city’s patron Tlaloc, the god of rain.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The founder of Tlaloc Studios sees working alongside others as integral to his process as an artist.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2023
One invokes Tlaloc, the Aztec rain god; another creates a new myth in which the roadrunner is a prophet.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2019
His resemblance to Tlaloc extends to his demand for human victims, in which he is less ferociously insatiable, but quite as pronounced, as his Mexican analogue.
From Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru by R?ville, Albert
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