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  2. List of Dark Sun characters - Wikipedia

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    Nibenay: 6th Champion of Rajaat, "Bane of Gnomes"; Male; Sorcerer-king of Nibenay; Exterminated the gnome race in 1229 years. He was previously known as Gallard but took the name Nibenay after rebelling against Rajaat. He rules a city-state that shares his name.

  3. Huītzilōpōchtli - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. List of Aztec gods and supernatural beings - Wikipedia

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    Toci has also been under the name of "Teteoinnan". Temazcalteci, goddess of maternity associated with Toci. Quilaztli, aztec patron of midwives. Quilaztli is also known as Cōhuācihuātl (serpent woman), Cuāuhcihuātl (eagle woman) or Ocēlōcihuātl (jaguar woman), Pāpalōcihuātl (butterfly woman), Cihuāyāōtl (warrior woman), and ...

  5. History of the Aztecs - Wikipedia

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    It is said that the Aztec god, Huitzilopochtli, instructed the Aztecs to found their city at the location where they saw an eagle, on a cactus, with a snake in its talons (which is on the current Mexican flag). The Aztecs, apparently, saw this vision on the small island where Tenochtitlan was founded.

  6. Nahuatl name - Wikipedia

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    Aztec female names from the 1540 Census n=1205 [1] 1st Component 2nd Component Commonality Frequency Nahuatl IPA English Nahuatl IPA English Nahuatl IPA English 1st 313 Tēyacapan [teːjaˈkapan] first born non-name form --> tēyacapantli [teːjakaˈpant͡ɬi] first born 2nd 182 Tlahco [ˈt͡ɬaʔko] middle (born) 3rd 182 Teicuih [teˈikʷiʔ]

  7. Maztica Campaign Set - Wikipedia

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    It is based "loosely" upon the ancient Aztec and Mayan civilizations, with "Maztica" being another name for the Aztecs. [1] It includes two new kinds of magic that are independent from arcane and Faerunian holy magic, Pluma, which was created by the god Qotal the god of creation and freedom, and Hishna, created by Zaltec, the god of jaguars and ...

  8. La Noche Triste - Wikipedia

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    La Noche Triste ("The Night of Sorrows", literally "The Sad Night"), was an important event during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, wherein Hernán Cortés, his army of Spanish conquistadors, and their native allies were driven out of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.

  9. Quinametzin - Wikipedia

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    Man dragging a dead giant, Codex Ríos. In Aztec mythology, the Quinametzin populated the world during the previous era of the Sun of Rain (Nahui-Quiahuitl).They were punished by the gods because they did not venerate them, and their peak-civilization came to an end as a result of great calamities and as a punishment from the heavens for grave sins they had committed.