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The warrior would thus ascend one step in the hierarchy of the Aztec social classes, a system that rewarded successful warriors. [ 22 ] During the festival of Panquetzaliztli, of which Huitzilopochtli was the patron, sacrificial victims were adorned in the manner of Huitzilopochtli's costume and blue body paint, before their hearts would be ...
A small fire was permanently kept alive at the sacred center of every Aztec home in honor of Xiuhtecuhtli. [14] The Nahuatl word xihuitl means "year" as well as "turquoise" and "fire", [11] and Xiuhtecuhtli was also the god of the year and of time. [15] [16] The Lord of the Year concept came from the Aztec belief that Xiuhtecuhtli was the North ...
Tlaltecayoa, god who is associated with the round earth. Cipactli, crocodile god. His name means "crocodile" in Nahuatl. His name is similar to the god Cipactonal. Itztapaltotec, one of the patrons of the trecena and aspect of Xipe-Totec. Cinteotl, god of maize. [4]
The Aztecs would often adopt gods from different cultures and allow them to be worshiped as part of their pantheon. For example, the fertility god, Xipe Totec, was originally a god of the Yopi (the Nahuatl name of the Tlapanec people), but became an integrated part of the Aztec belief system.
Aztec mythology is the body or collection of myths of the Aztec civilization of Central Mexico. [1] The Aztecs were Nahuatl -speaking groups living in central Mexico and much of their mythology is similar to that of other Mesoamerican cultures.
Gold-silver-copper alloy figure of an Aztec warrior, who holds a dartthrower, darts, and a shield. Aztec warfare concerns the aspects associated with the military conventions, forces, weaponry and strategic expansions conducted by the Late Postclassic Aztec civilizations of Mesoamerica, including particularly the military history of the Aztec Triple Alliance involving the city-states of ...
Cuauhtémoc (Nahuatl pronunciation: [kʷaːʍˈtemoːk] ⓘ, Spanish pronunciation: [kwawˈtemok] ⓘ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, and the last Aztec Emperor. [1] The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle", and is commonly rendered in ...
In 2006, a massive monolith of Tlaltecuhtli was discovered in an excavation at the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan (modern-day Mexico City). [18] The sculpture measures approximately 13.1 x 11.8 feet (4 x 3.6 meters) and weighs nearly 12 tons, making it one of the largest Aztec monoliths ever discovered—larger even than the Calendar Stone.