Sentence examples for god of rain from inspiring English sources

Certain gods, such as the god of rain (called Tlaloc in central Mexico), were found throughout the area.

Popocatépetl (pronounced poh-poh-kah-TEH-peh-til), sometimes described as a god of rain or the community's heartbeat, has stayed quiet for most of its life.

Last fall, near the square's northeast corner, archaeologists made one of the country's most important finds: an enormous stone monolith depicting Tlaloc, the Aztec god of rain.

They felt strongly that the volcano -- their volcano, revered as the god of rain and giver of rich soil -- was more benevolent a force than their government.

Prominent in the Aztec pantheon were Huitzilopochtli, god of war; Tonatiuh, god of the sun; Tlaloc, god of rain; and Quetzalcóatl, the Feathered Serpent, who was part deity and part culture hero.

Many characteristics of the Vedic Prajapati, the creator; of Indra, the god of rain and of the thunderbolt; and of Agni, the Vedic god of fire, have been integrated into the figure of Shiva.

Next Enlil had Adad, the god of rains, hold back the rains and thus cause a famine, but, because of the same stratagem, Adad was embarrassed and released the rains.

One of the first pieces to reflect Holst's interest in eastern cultures, Indra is based on a Hindu myth about the conflict between the gods of rain and drought.

The legend of the one-horned wizard who traps the dragon gods of rain and causes a searing drought originated in India and was later transmitted by the Chinese to Japan, where it is dramatized in Noh (Ikkaku sennin ["The One-Horned Wizard"]) and in Kabuki (Narukami [Saint Narukami and the God Fudō]).

A traditional belief has it that frog marriage pleases the gods of rain and ensures a good harvest Source: AFP A seaside promenade with a background of monsoon clouds gathering over the Arabian Sea at Kochi, in the southern state of Kerala Source: REUTERS City folk enjoying a heavy shower.

His organisation – whose symbol is Tlaloc, the Aztec god of water, rain and lightning – plans to mark its 50th anniversary by drawing up proposals for reform in a "water declaration", which they will submit to the Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto next year.