Tlaloc
Ceramic by Jo Belmont
Mesoamerican God of Rain and Fertility
The mask of the rain god we call Tlaloc (its Aztec name),
clearly constitutes one of the most generally accepted cases of long-term iconographic continuity in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica. All Mesoamerican
cultures had their version of “Tlaloc.”
Dimensions
15” x 19” x 6”
Weight
Tonantzin
Ceramic by Jo Belmont
She is the goddess of fertility and sustenance.
Also called the seven serpents goddess.
Her festivity was called Xochilhuitl.
Tonantzin is considered the mother of maize and is the connection between the ancient beliefs and the occidental religion.
59 X 41 x 13
Tezcatlipoca
Ceramic by Jo Belmont
God of Night and Sorcery
Also God of War and Warriors, the Hunt, the Creator God
His nahual (disguise) is that of the Jaguar.
Dimensions
21” x 17” x 5”
Weight
17 pounds
Chalchiuhtlicue
Ceramic by Jo Belmont
Goddess of Water, Rivers, Lakes, Oceans
Mother of Quetzalcoatl
Dimensions
22” x 16” x 5”
Weight
12 pounds
Quetzalcoatl
Ceramic by Jo Belmont
Aztec God of Civilization, Learning, and Wind
The Creator God-The Feathered Serpent-The Founder of Agriculture-Precious Feather Snake-The Road Sweeper-Ocean Traveler
Dimensions
22” x 17” x 5”
Weight
13 pounds
Xilonen
Ceramic by Jo Belmont
Goddess of Young Corn
Dimensions
24” x 17” x 6”
Weight
13 pounds
Huitzilopochtli
Ceramic by Jo Belmont
God of War and Sun
Special guardian of Tenochtitlan and diefied ancestral
Warrior-hero….Mexica-Aztec patron par excellence
Dimensions: 26” x 20” x 6”
Weight: 20 pounds
Xipe-Totec
Ceramic by Jo Belmont
Xipe Totec, Our Lord of the Flayed One, has to get rid of his own skin so the spring season can regenerate. This was symbolic of the maize seed losing its outer layer of skin before germination.
He is the god of agriculture and fertility and god of the life-death-resurrection cycle, lord of the seasons, the east and torture. He was also the patron of goldsmiths and responsible for plagues and diseases of humanity.
Xipe Totec wears the skin of a sacrificed enemy. His nahual (disguise) is the eagle and his tool the chicahuaztli, container of the seeds to spread fertility.
54 x 43 x 17, 9 Kg
Cihuacoatl
Ceramic by Jo Belmont
Her name literally means “female serpent”
Patroness of women who died on childbirth.
The center of her cult was at lake Texcoco in Culhuacan.