Talk:Tláloc

Also, the screen name of a liberal posting on political forums.

The reference to Matlolcueitl was removed because 1) "She of the Jade Skirt" is the Chalchiuhtlicue and 2) I could find no reference to Matlolcueitl which wasn't itself a reference to this page. Corrections welcome.

THE PICTURE

The picture is REALLY FREAKY!

I think the original artwork depiction of Tlaloc is rather good, but that a PD Pre-Columbian depiction would be more appropriate. Other thoughts? -- Infrogmation 21:11, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree that a Pre-Columbian depiction would be more appropriate. I looked myself -- not extensively but I looked -- when this drawing was posted. I couldn't find anything that was not copyrighted (understandably) and I couldn't even pull up a good "fair use" image. Also, note that a JPG was pulled earlier this year for copyright problem. Someone did add a link at the bottom, which helps somewhat. In the end, my thoughts were that this drawing was better than no drawing. Madman 00:40, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Teotihuacan

How can you possibly know if sacrifices were done to the rain god by the Teotihuacanos? Wasn't Teotihuacan occupied during classic period?216.67.161.197 14:41, 14 April 2006 (UTC)Tlalocatecutli

I have read that Tlaloc is short for Tlalocatecutli - aglutination in Nahuatl of the stem words tlal(li) - earth, ocan - paradise and tecutli - lord. This literally means that Tlaloc is the lord of Tlalocan, the wattery paradise beneath the earth. Is this correct? 216.67.161.197 14:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)Tlalocatecutli

"also known as Nuhualpilli"

According to who? I can't find this in any of my many books about the Mexicans.216.67.161.230 17:33, 12 November 2006 (UTC)Tlalocatecutli