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Acamapichtli (reigned 1376–95), whose name means handful of reeds, was a descendant of the Toltec emperors; his selection as the first ruler of the Mexico-Tenochtitlan dynasty gave authority to the Aztec rule.
The tongue was cast to hang freely, allowing it to be retracted or extended, and for it to swing from side to side with the movement of its wearer. [1] The underside of the lower jaw is covered in scales; atop the head is depicted a feathered and beaded headdress, represented in false filigree by a circle of ten spheres from which extend three ...
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Axayácatl (reigned 1469–81) was the sixth Aztec king (the text incorrectly identifies him as the eighth), and a grandson of Moctezuma I (also seen as Montezuma I) and brother of Tizoc. Axayácatl’s name meant “face of water.”
Coiled Serpent, unknown Aztec artist, 15th–early 16th century CE, Stone, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States [1] The use of serpents in Aztec art ranges greatly from being an inclusion in the iconography of important religious figures such as Quetzalcoatl and Cōātlīcue, [2] to being used as symbols on Aztec ritual objects, [3] and decorative stand-alone representations ...
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ba.wikipedia.org Ацтектар; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Moctezuma Ilhuicamina; Usage on hy.wikipedia.org
A representation of the goddess can be found on each side of the 1503 CE Coronation Stone of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II, alongside the glyphs for fire and water — traditional symbols of war. Historian Mary Miller even suggests that Tlaltecuhtli may be the face in the center of the famous Aztec Calendar Stone (Piedra del Sol), where she ...
With Aztec dominance between Teozapotlan and Xoconochco (map based on the undocumented map File:Aztecempirelocation.png by Gengiskanhg) Undocumented map, by Gengiskanhg Original research, so not enough reliable, according to its author