Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Aztecs believed that Huitzilopochtli needed daily nourishment (tlaxcaltiliztli) in the form of human blood and hearts and that they, as “people of the sun,” were required to provide Huitzilopochtli with his sustenance. [18] When the Aztecs sacrificed people to Huitzilopochtli, the victim would be placed on a sacrificial stone. [19]
The architectural style of the Aztecs reflected relationships with a higher power. In Tenochtitlan, the layout of the city represented the birth of Huitzilopochtli, [24] the Aztec god of the sun and war. [25] The teocalli, or pyramid-temples, were significant to Aztec religious practices. They were the sites of religious celebrations and ...
The Aztecs called for immediate Azcapotzalco protection, and from this point forward they were subject to military, economic and strategic decisions of the Tepanecas. At Acolnahuacatl 's death, his son Tezozomoc , only 23 years old, took his place; Tezozomoc may be the most important and crucial post-classical period figure.
Guided by their priest, the Aztec tribe fled. On the road, their god Huitzilopochtli forbade them to call themselves Azteca, telling them that they should be known as Mexica. Scholars of the 19th century—in particular Alexander von Humboldt and William H. Prescott—translated the word Azteca, as is shown in the Aubin Codex, to Aztec. [2] [3]
The deities were housed inside the temple, shielded from the outside by curtains. The figure of Huitzilopochtli was modeled from amaranth seeds held together with honey and human blood. Inside of him were bags containing jade, bones, and amulets to give life to the god. This figure was constructed annually, and it was richly dressed and fitted ...
Cuahuitlicac was Coatlicue's son and Huitzilopochtli's brother. Cuahuitlicac warned the unborn Huitzilopochtli that Coatlicue's other 400 children were planning to kill her to prevent the birth of Huitzilopochtli. Cuahuitlicac is a god of the northern stars as part of the Centzonmimixcoa. Centzonhuitznāhuah, the 400 gods of the southern stars.
Sol is a SUN god in Roman mythology. There is also a Norse SUN goddess named Sól. Helios is the personification of the SUN in Greek mythology. And Huitzilopochtli is the SUN deity in the Aztec ...
The Aztecs [a] (/ ˈ æ z t ɛ k s / AZ-teks) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries.