This god's cult was notable for its practice of offering child sacrifices. He was an important agricultural god who brought fertility, but was also feared for his role in spreading certain diseases such as leprosy and rheumatism. Although originally married to Xochiquetzal, a fertility goddess, he married Chalchiuhtlicue after his first wife was kidnapped. Of the two shrin
This god's cult was notable for its practice of offering child sacrifices. He was an important agricultural god who brought fertility, but was also feared for his role in spreading certain diseases such as leprosy and rheumatism. Although originally married to Xochiquetzal, a fertility goddess, he married Chalchiuhtlicue after his first wife was kidnapped. Of the two shrines sitting on the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan, one was devoted to worshiping this rain god. FTP, who is this Aztec god of water who brought both life-giving rain and deadly hurricanes?
This god's cult was notable for its practice of offering child sacrifices.
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