History:(Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica (fb) - BTS / Aztec myth) - Tlaloc was a member of an extradimensional race of beings known as the Teteoh, who were worshiped by the Aztecs beginning around 1500 BC.
TLALOC
Real Name: Tlacotecuhtl (possible original spelling of name)
Identity/Class: Mexican god
and magic user (at least the post-Hyborian
era through the modern era, if not earlier)
Occupation: God of rain,
water and fertility, god of mountains, god of the storm
Group Membership: The
Teteoh (Mexican/Aztec gods);
formerly the
Council of Godheads (Amadiona, Beta Ray Bill, He-no, Indra,
Inkanyamba, Lei Gong, Mamaragan, Nzazi, Seth,
Sugaar, Susanoo, Ukko,
Zeus/Zeus
Panhellenios)
Affiliations: Chalchihuitlique, the
Council of Godheads, Omecihuatl, Ometecuhtli
Enemies: Black Winters, Hadad, Quetzalcoatl (perhaps)
Known Relatives: Chalchihuitlique
(sister/wife),
Uixtocihuatol (wife), Tecciztecatl (son), Omecihuatl, Ometecuhtli
(parents), Quetzalcoatl,
Tezcatlipoca
(brothers)
Aliases: Unrevealed (see
comments)
Base of Operations: Tlalocan (see comments), Topan
First Appearance: (in a Marvel comic) Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica (2009)
Powers/Abilities: Tlaloc
possesses the conventional attributes of the Aztec gods, including but
not not limited to superhuman strength (Class 30 or greater), stamina,
endurance and an inclination to the mystical arts. He is also possesses
superhuman durability due to his flesh and bone being three times denser
than a normal human's. The full expertise of his mystical powers
included sending rain and controlling the weather. Tlaloc is also a true
immortal that ceases aging at adulthood and he cannot die by
conventional means. Only something that completely incinerated or
dispersed a large portion of his molecules could kill him and even then,
he could be revived by another god or gods working together. He is
immune to all terrestrial diseases and conventional physical injury. If
injured, he can recover at a superhuman rate.
According to myth, he owns barrels of
water with different mystical abilities. The first barrel brought great
crops and a bountiful harvest, the second produced a blight with cobwebs
across the ground and the third created frost that froze the land and
the fourth produced poor harvest to the land.
He also carries an axe infused with lightning to focus his control of the weather.
Height: Unrevealed (possibly variable)
Weight: Unrevealed (possibly variable)
Eyes: Yellow (possibly variable)
Hair: Unrevealed (possibly variable, if any)
History:
(Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica
(fb) - BTS / Aztec myth) - Tlaloc was a member of an extradimensional
race of beings known as the Teteoh, who were worshiped by the Aztecs
beginning around 1500 BC.
(Aztec myth) - Though not an overly important god to the Aztec people, a cult rose up worshiping Tlaloc and the cult was considered the most bloody among their ceremonies.
(Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica - BTS) -
Following the reigns of the gods Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc
was chosen as the Teteoh's ruler of the Third Sun ("reign") by
Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl.
(Aztec myth) - Myths claimed that Tlaloc sent
great storms and floods which washed people away from earth and
transformed the remaining people into monkeys.
(Thor & Hercules Encyclopaedia Mythologica (fb) -
BTS) - Worship of Tlaloc and the other Teteoh by the Aztecs continued
until the end of Aztec Civilization in 1521, at which point their
worship was supplanted by Christianity.
(Storm V#11) - In the modern era,
Tlaloc attended a meeting of a Council of Godheads at Hjem Spiti, a
neutral zone for all godly pantheons, focused specifically on the
various pantheon's storm gods and their decision on the fate of the
weather-manipulating mutant Storm. When Zeus asked the Council who was
in favor of joining forces with Storm to protect the universe, Beta Ray
Bill raised his hand but when Zeus next asked who was in favor of
instead joining forces with the first storm god, Hadad, in his revenge
against the universe, Tlaloc raised his hand alongside most of the other
storm gods on the Council. Beta Ray Bill argued against siding with
Hadad, who soon arrived in Hjem Spiti and began slaughtering some of the
storm gods with his Black Winters.
Comments: Adapted into Marvel Comics by Anthony Flamini, Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, Paul Cornell and
Kevin Sharpe.
According to the Thor/Hercules: Encyclopedia Mythologica, the Aztec gods dwell in Topan, which is described as being seemingly built upon a "small planetary object." However, this isn't completely correct. In Aztec myth, Topan is the heavenly realm which covers the thirteen heavens of the Aztec gods; kind of like how Marvel's Asgard covers the nine realms of the Norse/Germanic gods.
According to Marvel Comics, the Aztec gods are known as the Teteoh. However, this word merely translates as "gods." It's not meant to be used as a proper name. Now, I don't recommend anyone going into Meso-American mythology unless you really hate yourself and appreciate torturing yourself but I gotta be me. In Ancient Mexico, there are three types of gods: gods unique only to the Mayans, gods with counterparts in Mayan and Aztec myth and gods unique only to the Aztecs, and all of these deities have almost a hundred names and avatars each. Confused, yet? It gets complicated. According to Mayan myth, there was the Oxlakuntiku, a thirteen-headed god or a group of thirteen gods, and Bolontiku, a nine-headed-god or a group of nine gods (the versions are interchangeable). The Bolontiku ended up capturing the Oxlahuntiku and their god, Ahmuzcab, covered their faces to control them (Ahmuzcab is the god of darkness making him cognate with Tezcatlipoca, the first ruler of the Aztec gods). The Oxlahuntiku were then brought before a serpent and rendered impotent. Members of the Bolontiku then destroyed Earth with fire, salt and stones in order to weaken heaven and crash it into the Earth. They then flooded it afterward and reorganized it with trees and compass points to support the new heavens. In a historical sense, this event can be perceived as when the Aztec gods overthrew the Mayan gods, just as the Olympians overthrew the Titans. I'm not claiming this even occurs in the MU but ignoring it makes it that much harder to make entries for any Mexican gods in the Marvel Universe.
In Meso-American myth, Tlaloc and the Mayan god, Chaac, are considered the same deity along with several other guises linked to the figure. Among other events connected to this figure I can't add above because of how the MU is constructed are:
I would theorize that, in the Marvel Universe, the pantheons once existed as one and split apart, maybe ripping those gods prevalent to both the Aztecs and Mayans into separate deities but unless Marvel delves into this conundrum, I'm treating the fictional characters as separate characters.
In Aztec myth, Tlaloc presides in Tlalocan, which is described as both a realm and as a mountain. Maybe the other twelve realms correspond to other mountains but I can't confirm that.
I would also like to add
that neither the Aztecs or the Mayans gave their gods a full family tree
but then, such a thing was exceptionally rare for any pantheon of gods
that wasn't the
Olympians, the
Asgardians or the
Ennead (or perhaps the
Anunnaki). In Mayan myth, Chaac and his brothers are known as the
Bacabs, each one coordinating with certain compass points along with
similar coordinating attributes in their other names. The Aztecs also
had the Four Tezcatlipoca known as Texcatlipoca, Camaxtli, Mixcoatl and
Xipe Totec, who also corresponded to certain compass points and colors.
In Late Aztec myth, Camaxtli and Mixcoatl are supplanted by their sons,
namely Huizilopochthli
and Quetzalcoatl. This is why some myths claim that
(as in the MU) that Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl are sometimes
considered brothers.
In Aztec/Mayan myth, Tlaloc corresponds with the East and the color red. Gukumatz corresponds with the North and the color white. Huracan corresponds with the South and the color yellow. Tochipa corresponds with the West and the color black.
Primary mythological research for this profile was taken from Native American Myth and Legend by Mike Dixon Kennedy (the best source for Native American and Meso-American myth), The Flayed God by Peter Markman and Robert Markman (the best in understanding Aztec history and ritual) and Mythologies of the World by Shapiro and Hendricks (perfect for supplemental research into any pantheon).
In Thor I#301, Tlaloc was
possibly among the Aztec gods present when the Asgardian god Thor
arrived for the life energies to restore the Asgardian gods.
We don't actually
see any of the Aztec gods in this scene except for Tezcatlipoca but it
does seem likely that Tlaloc could have been involved in that scenario
behind-the-scenes, likely donating a portion of power to help restore
the Asgardians, as many other gods of other pantheons had done.
--Proto-Man
This profile was completed on 02/17/2026 but its publication
was delayed, as it was intended for the Appendix's 25th anniversary
celebratory event.
Profile by Thor2000.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Tlaloc should be distinguished from:
Appearances:
Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica (2009) - Anthony Flamini
(head writer, coordinator), Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, Paul Cornell
(consulting writers), Kevin Sharpe (The Teteoh entry art), Jeff
Youngquist (editor)
Storm V#11 (October, 2025) - Murewa Ayodele (writer), Mario Santoro,
C.F. Villa (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
First posted: 09/15/2026
Last updated: 02/17/2026
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