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However, Huitzilopochtli was known as the primary god of war in ancient Mexico. [30] Since he was the patron god of the Mexica, he was credited with both the victories and defeats that the Mexica people had on the battlefield. The people had to make sacrifices to him to protect the Aztec from infinite night. [31]
Annotated image of Xipe Totec sculpture. In Aztec mythology, Xipe Totec (/ ˈ ʃ iː p ə ˈ t oʊ t ɛ k /; Classical Nahuatl: Xīpe Totēc [ˈʃiːpe ˈtoteːk(ʷ)]) or Xipetotec [3] ("Our Lord the Flayed One") [4] was a life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture, vegetation, the east, spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths, liberation, deadly warfare, the seasons, [5] and the earth. [6]
Tōnacātēuctli, god of sustenance associated with Ometecuhtli. Piltzintēuctli, god of the visions. In Aztec mythology, he is associated with Mercury (the planet that is visible just before sunrise or just after sunset) and healing. Citlalatonac, god of female stars in the Milky Way. Mixcōātl, god of hunting and old god of hurricanes and ...
The Mexica/Aztec were said to be guided by their patron war-god Huitzilopochtli, meaning "Left-handed Hummingbird" or "Hummingbird from the South." At an island in Lake Texcoco, they saw an eagle, perched on a nopal cactus, holding a rattlesnake in its talons. This vision fulfilled a prophecy telling them that they should found their new home ...
God of force and agriculture, lord of seasons, regeneration and crafts. Ruler of the East West: Quetzalcoatl (Quetzalcohuātl) Feathered Serpent God of life, light and wisdom, lord of the day and the winds. Ruler of the West: South: Huitzilopochtli (Huītzilopōchtli) Left-handed Hummingbird God of war and will, lord of the Sun and fire. Ruler ...
Quetzalcoatl: god of knowledge, monsters, life, and wind, and is the patron of priests and the Aztec elite. He had a hand in creating human life. The planet Venus in Aztec cosmology [18] Mixcoatl: meaning "cloud serpent", god of the heavens and the hunt [16] Huitzilopochtli: god of sun, war, and the patron god of the Mexica of Tenochtitlan [19]
On Aug. 13, 1521, the army under Spanish "conquistador" Hernán Cortés took the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán after a brutal siege with warships and cannons that lasted at least 75 days.
A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in polytheistic religions. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread religion.