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A glyph could be used as a rebus to represent a different word with the same sound or similar pronunciation. This is especially evident in the glyphs of town names. [9] For example, the glyph for Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, was represented by combining two pictograms: stone (te-tl) and cactus (noch-tli).
Tlaltecuhtli (Classical Nahuatl Tlāltēuctli, Nahuatl pronunciation: [t͡ɬaːl.teːkʷ.t͡ɬi]) is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican deity worshipped primarily by the Mexica people. Sometimes referred to as the "earth monster," Tlaltecuhtli's dismembered body was the basis for the world in the Aztec creation story of the fifth and final cosmos. [ 5 ]
Huastec statue of Ometochtli. Rabbit-shaped vessel probably used for containing pulque, the rabbit, and the rabbit deity Ome Tochtli, was a symbol of pulque. In Aztec mythology, Ometochtli (pronounced [oːmetoːtʃtɬi]) is the collective or generic name of various individual deities and supernatural figures associated with pulque (octli), [1] an alcoholic beverage derived from the fermented ...
Huehueteotl (/ ˌ w eɪ w eɪ ˈ t eɪ oʊ t əl / WAY-way-TAY-oh-təl; Nahuatl pronunciation: [weːweˈteoːt͡ɬ]) is an aged Mesoamerican deity figuring in the pantheons of pre-Columbian cultures, particularly in Aztec mythology and others of the Central Mexico region. The spellings Huehuetéotl and Ueueteotl are also used.
Nahui Ollin symbol with an eye (ixtli) in the center. A solar ray and a precious stone (chalchihuitl) emanate from the eye, Codex Borbonicus (1519–1521) [1] Nahui Ollin is a concept in Aztec/Mexica cosmology with a variety of meanings. Nahui translates to "four" and Ollin translates to "movement" or "motion."
Tonacacíhuatl and Tonacatecuhtli as depicted in the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer [1] Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl described in the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer. Ōmeteōtl (Nahuatl pronunciation: [oːmeˈteoːt͡ɬ] ⓘ) ("Two-God") is a name used to refer to the pair of Aztec deities Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl, [2] also known as Tōnacātēcuhtli and Tonacacihuatl. [3]
Aztec codices (Nahuatl languages: Mēxihcatl āmoxtli Nahuatl pronunciation: [meːˈʃiʔkatɬ aːˈmoʃtɬi], sing. codex ) are Mesoamerican manuscripts made by the pre-Columbian Aztec , and their Nahuatl -speaking descendants during the colonial period in Mexico .
The Nahuatl word for moon is metztli but whatever name was used for these periods is unknown. Through Spanish usage, the 20-day period of the Aztec calendar has become commonly known as a veintena . Each 20-day period started on Cipactli (Crocodile) for which a festival was held.