[DOC] [TLE] This question originally aired on February 16,... | Jeopardy ... [PAR] ... 2001 Category: GOING TO A BETTER PLACE Question: Aztec warriors who 
died in battle served the sun for 4 years, then were reborn as this tiny bird Answer
:... [DOC] [TLE] Aztec religion - Wikipedia [PAR] The Aztec religion is the Mesoamerican religion of the Aztecs. Like other 
Mesoamerican ... The most important celestial entities in Aztec religion were the 
Sun, the Moon, and .... as straddling the two worlds in a cycle of birth, life, death 
and rebirth. ... Then by an act of self-sacrifice one of the gods, Nanahuatzin ("the 
pimpled... [DOC] [TLE] Huitzilopochtli - Wikipedia [PAR] In the Aztec religion, Huitzilopochtli is a Mesoamerican deity of war, sun, human 
sacrifice and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan. He was also the national god 
of the Mexicas, also known as Aztecs, of Tenochtitlan. Many in the pantheon of 
deities of the Aztecs were inclined to have a .... Warriors were transformed into 
hummingbirds upon death and went to join... [DOC] [TLE] Aztec Mythology - Myth Encyclopedia - god, story, legend, names ... [PAR] The Aztecs were not a single people but several groups, including the ... The 
need to satisfy the gods, especially the sun god, gave rise to a related theme: ... 
died and been reborn several times and that the gods also died and were reborn. 
... The souls of warriors who died in battle were said to become hummingbirds 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Birds in Mythology - Myth Encyclopedia - Greek, god, story, legend ... [PAR] The Benu bird created the universe and then made gods and goddesses and 
men ... A bird may represent both the soul of the dead and a deity at the same 
time. ... the phoenix burned up every 500 years but was then miraculously reborn 
out of its ... as a culture hero or a god in human form in Toltec, Maya, and Aztec 
myths. [DOC] [TLE] Aztec Gods and Goddesses - Crystalinks [PAR] The existence of the gods and their goodwill were maintained by offering up the 
most .... "Goddess of Life, Death and Rebirth" and "Mother of the Southern Stars". 
... Six months later, the team discovered the massive Aztec sun stone. ..... Except 
for warriors who died in battle, people who died when hit by lightning and women
... [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Aztec Perspective on Death and Afterlife - The Christi Center [PAR] Feb 11, 2013 ... The ancient Aztec civilization had a perspective on life and afterlife that ... 
estimate that the Aztecs sacrificed thousands of people every year. People within 
the Aztec empire were used for human sacrifice, but the ... Warriors who died in 
battle or by sacrifice either went to a paradise in .... lilia  4 months ago. [DOC] [TLE] Huitzilopochtli | Aztec god | Britannica.com [PAR] May 19, 2015 ... Aztec sun and war god, one of the two principal deities of Aztec ... Tenochtitln, 
the Aztec capital, was founded in 1325 ce on a small, ... Warriors who died in 
battle or as sacrifices to Huitzilopochtli were ... the sun's brilliant retinue; then 
after four years they went to live forever in the bodies of hummingbirds. [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Aztec Religion - Aztec History [PAR] Discover the basic beliefs of the ancient Aztec religion, and how the Mexica ... of 
the Aztec empire) was at its height, the political and religions systems were in 
close ... Huitzilopochtli (Hummingbird of the South) was the warrior sun (either 
the sun ... Often battles would be fought just to capture prisoners to sacrifice - the 
Aztec... [DOC] [TLE] On the Translation of Aztec Poetry - University of Texas Libraries [PAR] 4. Flowers as Weapons. 5. "Flower" Birds Return to Earth. 6. Flowers as Fish. 7. ... 
Further, even when they were new, the songs began to be deritualized by native 
..... As for the dead warriors' return to earth after "four years," the songs also use 
the ... may mean 'companion [of the sun, i.e.

Question: Aztec warriors who died in battle served the sun for 4 years, then were reborn as this tiny bird
Answer: Hummingbird