Last week, while in Mexico City, I paid my respects to Tláloc, the Aztec rain deity, both at the Templo Mayor and Museo Nacional de Antropología (National Anthropology Museum).
Tláloc — Templo Mayor, Mexico City
I’m now back in Oaxaca and, for the third day in a row, Tláloc is making his presence known. And, rain is in the forecast for the next several days.
Fragments of a Tláloc brazier — Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City
Thunder is rumbling and, out of the corner of my eye, I see flashes of lightning to the east. It may be the “dry season,” but Tláloc is speaking and we are listening.
Pot with image of Tláloc — Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City
Perhaps drought-stricken California might want to build a temple to this supreme god of the rains — not to mention, institute mandatory water rationing!
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Could you contact Tlaloc again and redirect him to Modesto??
Thanks!
Mary
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Looking up toward Monte Albán, I sprinkled a little mezcal on my doorstep, and asked him to pay California a visit. 😉 I still don’t understand why there is no mandatory water rationing!
But there again is he responsible for the dire flooding in other parts of North America 🙂 ?
Been to both museums before… and both are immensely interesting !! Think I recall a giant Tlacoc outside The Nat. Musuem of Anthropology.
Btw, the first pic in Templo Mayor looks strikingly similar to the Mayan Chacmool… Deity cousins perhaps 🙂 ?
I think Tlaloc is not happy with what humans are doing to Mother Earth. 😉 And, yes, there is a giant Tlaloc outside the museum, but didn’t manage to get a good pic. Next DF visit!