According to some researchers, the myth has to do with an astral primeval confrontation. Huitzilopochtli, as depictit in the codex borbonicus. Huitzilopochtli s name is a cognate of the nahuatl words huitzilin, hummingbird, and opochtli, left. He was held in particular esteem at the capital of the aztec empire, the city of tenochtitlan. One of cortess party, bernal diaz del castillo recorded. This text has been the object of various forms of interpretation. The aztec hummingbird god, originally named huitzilopochtli, was a major aztec deity. For generations they travelled in seven tribes called calpultin, one of which was especially favoured by huitzilopochtli. The birth of huitzilopochtli, patron god of the aztecs. Both the codex magliabechiano and sahaguan mention the importance of huitzilopochtlis weapons. Huitzilopochtli, aztec sun and war god, one of the two principal deities of aztec religion, often represented in art as either a hummingbird or an eagle.
Huitzilopochtli instantly pierced coyolxauhqui, slashed off her head, and cut. Remembering coyolxauhqui as a birthing text escholarship. He was also the national god of the mexicas, also known as aztecs, of tenochtitlan. In the aztec religion, huitzilopochtli classical nahuatl. When, a few years later, as the then president of the mammillaria society, i initiated the survey of lau and reppenhagen plants, i received a.
Huitzilopochtli is known as the portentous one, the god who indicated to the aztecsmexica where they should build their great capital city, tenochtitlan. In aztec mythology, huitzilopochtli, also spelled uitzilopochtli, 1 was a god of war, a sun god, and the patron of the city of tenochtitlan. Su santuario fundamental estaba en huitzilopochco huitzilopochco, ahora churubusco. Huitzilopochtli is the sun who is born from cuatlicue, the earth. In the aztec religion, huitzilopochtli is a deity of war, sun, human sacrifice, and the patron of the. He appeared in dreams to the priests and told them to settle on an island, in the middle of lake texcoco, where they would see an eagle perching on a cactus. The shield the god holds does not only relate to the birth of huitzilopochtli but is also part of the iconography identifying him as a war deity. Huitzilopochtlis name is a cognate of the nahuatl words huitzilin, hummingbird, and opochtli, left. Huitzilopochtli around 1,000 years ago, the aztecs left their home of aztlan and followed their patron, huitzilopochtli, to a new land and way of life. In the aztec releegion, huitzilopochtli clessical nahuatl. Huitzilopochtli simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In this image, four arrows protrude from the round shield. The birth of huitzilophochtli, patron god of the aztecs. He was shown as a blue man fully armed with hummingbird feathers on his head.