The Aztecs in pre Columbian Mexico regarded it as a symbol of the rain god, the most important in their pantheon.

• 早在哥伦布发现美洲大陆之前就生活在墨西哥的阿兹特克人，就把十字形看作是雨神的象征，雨神是他们信奉的众神中最重要的神。