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a divine or sacred force; "Our Maize Tassel Lord" was related to the rain and fertility sacred forces called the Tlaloque; possibly associated with a mountain and with the neighborhood of the lakes of Chalco and Xochimilco; also related to the octli (pulque) divine forces
See an image that represents Tomiyauhtecuhtli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
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 divine forces). Other tlaloque are Nappatecuhtli, Opochtli, Tomiyauhtecuhtli (one of the four hundred rabbits that were divine forces of pulque), and the tepictoton, small legless figures.