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a deity, "Lord of the Four Directions," was one of the Tlalocs, or water gods; he was favored by the mat-makers' (petlachiuhque) guild, who credited him with having taught them to weave mats and make seats (icpalli); he was credited with making the reeds sprout and grow, and with making rain fall on people, washing them, bathing them (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
a deity; "Fourfold Lord" was one of the deities of rain and fertility called Tlaloque; he was patron of mat makers (petlaciuhque)
Each year a person, a slave (ce tlacatl, tlacotli), would be slain in a sacrifice to this deity, representing him, carrying a green gourd (xoxouhqui xicalli) full of water. They also sometimes sacrificed another slave to this deity at another time of year. The governors of his guild were called calpuleque, and they escorted the person who impersonated the deity, sprinkling people with water, using a branch (huexotica).(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
The Atlcahualo (ceasing of water, rain), was the name of the first festival of the year. The ceremonies practiced at this time were meant to ensure the rains would come again. They included the sacrifice of small children, preferably children with two cowlicks in their hair, considered like whirlpools, and sometimes called "banderas humanas." The children would be sacrificed atop hills or mountains associated with the tlaloque (Tláloc deities). Other tlaloque are Nappatecuhtli, Opochtli, Tomiyauhtecuhtli (one of the four hundred rabbits that were deities of pulque), and the tepictoton, small legless figures.
En el centro del escudo de Perote, Veracruz, "se levanta majestuosa la montaña llamada originalmente Naupa-Tecutépetl, actualmente Cofre de Perote, que significa en Náhuatl, "Cuatro veces señor", aplicándose dicho nombre a uno de los dioses del agua TLALOQUES, que se venera en esta cumbre, por ser el punto donde las nubes cargadas de vapor de agua se convertían en aguaceros, granizadas y nevadas formándose las importantes cuencas de los ríos Nautla, Actópan, y Huitzilapán." (Perote, Veracruz; s. XVI)