Cocijo
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Cocijo is a lightning deity of the pre-Columbian Zapotec civilization of southern Mexico. He has attributes characteristic of similar Mesoamerican deities associated with rain, thunder and lightning,
An Early Classic representation of Cocijo found at Monte Albán and now in the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City.
Urn representing Cocijo held at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
Tláloc
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Tláloc is the god of rain in Aztec religion. He was also a deity of earthly fertility and water, and worshipped as a giver of life and sustenance; many rituals and sacrifices predicated upon these asp
Cocijo
…civilization of southern Mexico. He has attributes characteristic of similar Mesoamerican deities associated with rain, thunder and lightning, such as Tlaloc of central Mexico, and Chaac (or Chaak) of the Maya civilization. In the Zapotec language, the word cocijo means "lightning", as well as referring to…
Tláloc in the Codex Borgia
A brazier depicting Tláloc from Ozuluama, Classic Veracruz culture.
Depiction of Patterns of War, Tláloc (bottom right)
Tláloc, as shown in the late 16th century Codex Ríos.