InAztec mythology,Atlahua,Ahtlahua,Atlahoa,Atlavâ[1] orAtlaua[aˈtɬawa] was a water God (the blue version ofTlaloc, the Tlaloc from the South[2]), fisherman and archer. There were said to be at least four ancient Aztec temples at which he was worshiped, the tallest supposedly being over 200 feet tall (61 metres)[citation needed]. The Aztecs prayed to him when there were deaths in water, such as whenHernando Cortez conqueredTenochtitlan (the Ancient Aztec capital on a lake, now Mexico City), and the lake was said to be "floating with heads and corpses"[citation needed].
The original image appears in General History of the Things of New Spain by FrayBernardino de Sahagún: The Florentine Codex. Book II: The Ceremonies.[3]
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