The Aztec civilization may have peaked more than 500 years ago, but all the Aztec gods and goddesses remain culturally significant even today. News Today's news ...

From jaguars to shooting stars, these rare and meaningful Náhuatl names are steeped in centuries of culture, cosmic symbolism ...

Item 1 of 5 A carved copal figure depicting a tlaloque, or helper of the Aztec rain god Tlaloc, is pictured (left) along with its wooden mask, scepter and water jugs, next to a Tlaloc modeled ...

The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god during a devastating drought, researchers have revealed.

Aztec Mythology and the Origins of Humanity. Season 1 Episode 10 ... As Ometeotl retreated to the highest plane of heaven, these four gods created many others, including the rain god, Tlaloc.

A grave of 42 kids found near a temple in Mexico held Aztec bodies sacrificed to rain god in hopes of bringing the basin out of drought ...

The relief shows Tlaloc, the rain god, overturning a bowl of rain. ... Here we see the Aztec god Huitzilopochtli, as depicted in Codex Telleriano-Remensis in 16th century.

In another scene, water drips from the hands of the Goddess, creating the mountain streams of Tlalocan, the heavenly paradise ruled over by the Aztec rain god, Tlaloc.

MEXICO CITY, Sept 29 (Reuters) - A museum exhibit displaying Aztec ritual offerings dug up from underneath downtown Mexico City opened on Friday in a first-ever showcase that offers new insight ...