| These foreigners carry shields that bear the visage of the Teotihuacán rain god, Tlaloc. |
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| In the divinatory calendars, Tlaloc was the eighth ruler of the days and the ninth lord of the nights. |
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| At that time Quetzalcóatl seems to have been conceived as a vegetation god an earth and water deity closely associated with the rain god Tlaloc. |
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| She is the Goddess of water and the spouse of Tlaloc. |
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| Quetzalcoatl was one of several important gods in the Aztec pantheon, along with the gods Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli. |
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| Its date coincides with an Aztec feast celebrating Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue, the gods of rain and water. |
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| Tlaloc as the god of thunder and lightning presided over that period. |
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| Tlaloc was not only highly revered, but he was also greatly feared. |
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| Two other gods represented by the planet Venus are Quetzalcoatl's ally Tlaloc who is the god of rain, and Quetzalcoatl's twin and psychopomp, who is named Xolotl. |
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| The frequency of goggle-eyed figures and water symbolism in Teotihuacan art has misled investigators into assuming that ll figures with these associations represent Tlaloc. |
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