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'''Quiateot''' is the name of a rain deity in the mythological traditions of the [[pre-Columbian]] and contact-era [[Nicarao people]], an [[Indigenous peoples|Indigenous grouping]] on the periphery of the [[Mesoamerica]]n cultural area, located in present-day [[Nicaragua]].
His father and mother are the supreme deities [[Omeyateite]] and [[Omeyatecigoat]], respectively.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Joyce|first1=Thomas Athol|title=Central American and West Indian Archaeology|date=1916|publisher=G.P. Putnam's sons|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924097644037/page/n42 19]|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924097644037|quote=Quiateot.|access-date=8 July 2015}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sacred-texts.com/astro/ml/ml14.htm "Moon Lore: Moon Worship: IV. The Moon a Water-Deity"]
[[Category:Rain deities]]
[[Category:Mesoamerican deities]]
[[Category:Nicarao]]
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