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An imaginative European depiction of an Aztec shrine. The idol of Huitzilopochtli is seated in the background. (1602) Diego Durán described the festivities for Huitzilopochtli. Panquetzaliztli (November 9 to November 28) was the Aztec month dedicated to Huitzilopochtli. People decorated their homes and trees with paper flags; there were ritual ...
Quetzalcoatl, god of life, the light and wisdom, lord of the winds and daytime, ruler of the West. Huitzilopochtli, god of war and sacrifice, lord of the sun and fire, ruler of the South. Xolotl, god of lightning, death, and fire, associated with Venus as the Evening Star (Twin of Quetzalcoatl) Ehecatl, god of wind (a form of Quetzalcoatl)
Huitzilopochtli was also a tribal god and a legendary wizard of the Aztecs. Originally he was of little importance to the Nahuas, but after the rise of the Aztecs, the Nahuals reformed their religion and put Huitzilopochtli at the same level as Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca , making him a solar god.
Huītzilōpōchtli, god of war, human sacrifice, bloodletting, and the lord of the South. (Blue Tezcatlipoca) [10] Payīnal or Pāinaltōn, god of battles and Huitzilopochtli's messenger. Tlācahuēhpān, Toltec equivalent of Huītzilōpōchtli. Tepēyōllōtl, god of the animals, darkened caves, echoes, and earthquakes. Tepeyollotl is a ...
The "singeing ceremony" was given to both Aztec boys and girls. It is uncertain of the age in which this ritual occurred. It was indicative of becoming one with the stars, as the burns on the wrists were aligned with certain constellations. A stick that had been placed in a fire would be pressed onto the skin of the child and the scar was thus ...
Buschkuehl first got tattooed on her wrist weeks after returning home from Rio. Beneath her rings reads “Rio 2016.” A few months after the Tokyo Games, she got “Tokyo 2020” added to her ...
Illustration of a teixiptla in a ritual procession from the Codex Magliabechiano. A teixiptla is a deity embodiment used within Aztec ritual practice. Either a person or sculpture, teixiptlas were fashioned to represent deities and in some cases represent deceased ancestors who were venerated as deities. [1]
Ian MacNicol/Getty Images Paralympic athletes will no longer have to hide tattoos of the Olympic rings after the International Paralympic Committee dropped a long-standing rule about covering up ...