Tlaloc, like Tezcatlipoca, was originally a Toltec god. He is portrayed as a black man with tusklike teeth, rings around his eyes, and a scroll emerging from his mouth. He was the god of rain, as well as some afflictions like leprosy. Victims of his afflictions were admitted to his kingdom, Halocan, or the earthly paradise.
Tlaloc was the husband of Chalchihuitlicue, who gave birth to a host of small rain deities, called tlalocs. There were tlalocs in almost every hill. To appease these minor tlalocs, as well as the major one, priests prepared for Tlaloc's ceremony by buying infants from their mothers. During the ceremony, the priests would slaughter them. If the infants' mothers cried, then the priests would rejoice, saying that surely rain would fertilize the crops that year.
Tlaloc owned four jugs which he could pour out upon the earth at any time. The first jug made plants grow, and the second caused blight. The third one caused frost, and the last jug caused total destruction.
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