The Storm God, also called Tlaloc, was believed "housed" in the Pyramid of the Moon. In carvings of the Storm God, often a water lily appears which is considered to be a symbol of this deity's manifestation as the god of earth, water, and fertility. The Storm God became associated with the ruler-ship elite over time and developed a more militaristic and dynastic "personality," reflecting the "sacred war and sacrifice" ideology of the powerful leadership that took control at Teotihuacan.
In fact, Pastory points to the rows of finely dressed men on numerous murals shown in linear fashion performing various rituals, including war rituals and human sacrifice. Most prominently, as the Storm God is seen walking in profile with the elite, the concept that the elite were "in sync" and following the "wishes" of the Storm God in performing these rituals led to the development of this deity as a more militaristic and oppressive god.
The Temple of the Feathered Serpent was constructed sometime in the middle of the second century. There is a great deal of speculation about the importance of this temple. The deity it is believed to represent according to myth and legend, is Quetzalcoatl, the Mesoamerican equivalent to the importance of Christ, as some would explain. This deity proclaimed the existence of only one god, the phenomenon of transcendence, (for the first time in Mesoamerican history,) and the refusal of human sacrifices. (This would change.)
The priests and rulers were the authority and were of primary importance to Teotihuacan. In all, there have been about one hundred palaces for priests found at Teotihuacan. According to The Course of Mexican History, by Michael C. Meyer and William Sherman, one such palace encompassed some three hundred rooms! In looking at the architecture of the Ciudadela and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent one is struck by the variance in the structures. For instead of imposing the height of the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon on their masses, the builders focused on a long, vertical style. One could surmise that this provided a physical and psychological distance between the lower classes of society and their religious centers. Peasants quite literally had to "go through" the elite in order to reach the places of their gods. Possibly, the construction of the Ciudadela and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent represented much more than a geographical shift in the urban.
