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… the God of Waters, TlalocUTV, 301.

Statue of Tlaloc at Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City (Irmgard Groth).

The rain god Tlaloc, outside the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. Consort of Matlelcueyatl, and the fiercest of the Gods, he required the sacrifice of children to ensure the life of the waters, the rains returned in proportion to the sacrifices made. Picture from Karl E. Meyer, Teotihuacán, 23.