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The status of Aztec women has changed throughout the history of the civilization. In the early days of the Aztecs, before they settled in Tenochtitlan, women owned property and had roughly equal legal and economic rights. As an emphasis on warfare increased, so too did ideas of male dominance. Women did not participate in warfare except as ...
The Aztecs performed ritual self-sacrifice (also called autosacrifice or blood-letting) on a daily basis. [17] 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]
Doña Isabel Moctezuma (born Tecuichpoch Ichcaxochitzin; 1509/1510 – 1550/1551) was a daughter of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II.She was the consort of Atlixcatzin, a tlacateccatl, [1] and of the Aztec emperors Cuitlahuac, and Cuauhtemoc and as such the last Aztec empress.
Tlapalizquixochtzin married Aztec emperor Moctezuma II (c. 1466 – June 1520). Their daughter was Doña Francisca de Moctezuma. [2]
Chimalxochitl II (b. before 1299), [1] also known as Chimallaxochitzin, Chimallaxoch, [2] Chimalacaxochitl or Chīmalxōchitl in Classical Nahuatl, [3] was Queen consort of the Cuautitlan Kingdom and Princess of the Aztecs. [2] She was the sole survivor of the Aztec royal family during the Chapultepec War [2] and a defender of her religious ...
During Tecuilhuitontli, the seventh month of the Aztec calendar which occurred in June, there was a festival in her honor. [1] During the festival, one woman was considered to be the ixiptla, or the embodiment, of Huixtocihuatl. That woman would be sacrificed by the end of the festival. [8]
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Macuilxochitzin (born c. 1435), also referred to in some texts as Macuilxochitl, [1] was a poet (cuicanitl [2]) during the peak years of the Aztec civilization. She was the daughter of Tlacaélael, [3] a counselor to the Aztec kings and the niece of the Tlatoani warrior Axayacatl. [1] She lived through the height of the Aztec civilization's ...