Dzahui
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In Mixtec mythology, Dzahui is the god of rain, for whom child sacrifices were performed on hilltops during times of drought, disease, and harvest.
Dzahui, Mixtec god of rain.
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,
Dzahui
…Chaac — Maya rain god Cocijo — Zapotec rain god Tlaloc — Aztec rain god…
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.