Tlaloc

[ tlah-lohk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of Tlaloc¹

< Mexican Spanish Tláloc < Nahuatl Tlāloc, equivalent to tlāl ( li ) earth, land + oc lies, is stretched out

We have before described the sacrifices of children to Tlaloc.

The third festival of Tlaloc was celebrated in the sixth month, which would about correspond to our 6th of June.

But there was another festival in honor of the Tlaloc, which seems very hard to understand.

Tlalocan, an even more material Paradise, was that of the water-god or deity of moisture, Tlaloc.

There was another place called Tlalocan the dwelling place of Tlaloc, the deity of water, which was also an Aztec elysium.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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