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Another variation lists him having a face that was marked with yellow and blue stripes and he carries around the fire serpent Xiuhcoatl with him.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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According to legend, the statue was supposed to be destroyed by the soldier Gil González de Benavides, but it was rescued by a man called Tlatolatl.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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The statue appeared some years later during an investigation by Bishop Zummáraga in the 1530s, only to be lost again.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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There is speculation that the statue still exists in a cave somewhere in the Anahuac Valley.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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He always had a blue-green hummingbird helmet in any of the depictions found.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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In fact, his hummingbird helmet was the one item that consistently defined him as Huitzilopochtli, the sun god, in artistic renderings.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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He is usually depicted as holding a shield adorned with balls of eagle feathers, an homage to his mother and the story of his birth.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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He also holds the blue snake, Xiuhcoatl, in his hand in the form of an atlatl, or spear thrower.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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Diego Durán described the festivities for Huitzilopochtli.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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Panquetzaliztli (7 December to 26 December) was the Aztec month dedicated to Huitzilopochtli.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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People decorated their homes and trees with paper flags; there were ritual races, processions, dances, songs, prayers, and finally human sacrifices.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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This was one of the more important Aztec festivals, and the people prepared for the whole month.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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They fasted or ate very little; a statue of the god was made with amaranth "(huautli)" seeds and honey, and at the end of the month, it was cut into small pieces so everybody could eat a little piece of the god.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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After the Spanish conquest, cultivation of amaranth was outlawed, while some of the festivities were subsumed into the Christmas celebration.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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According to the "Ramírez Codex", in Tenochtitlan approximately sixty prisoners were sacrificed at the festivities.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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Sacrifices were reported to be made in other Aztec cities, including Tlatelolco, Xochimilco, and Texcoco, but the number is unknown, and no currently available archeological findings confirm this.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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For the reconsecration of Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan in 1487, dedicated to Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli, the Aztecs reported that they sacrificed about 20,400 prisoners over the course of four days.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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While accepted by some scholars, this claim also has been considered Aztec propaganda.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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There were 19 altars in the city of Tenochtitlan.
The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle.
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In the Aztec religion, Huitzilopochtli is a deity of war, sun, human sacrifice, and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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He was also the national god of the Mexicas, also known as Aztecs, of Tenochtitlan.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Many in the pantheon of deities of the Aztecs were inclined to have a fondness for a particular aspect of warfare.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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However, Huitzilopochtli was known as the primary god of war in ancient Mexico.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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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.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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The people had to make sacrifices to him to protect the Aztec from infinite night.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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He wielded Xiuhcoatl as a weapon, associating him with fire.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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As noted by the Spaniards during their discovery and conquest of Mexico, human sacrifice was common in worship ceremonies, which took place frequently and in numerous temples throughout the region, and when performed they typically sacrificed multiple victims per day at a given temple.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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The name means "Hummingbird('s) South" or "Hummingbird('s) Left", yet it has commonly been translated as "Southern hummingbird" or "left-handed hummingbird".
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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The discrepancy between "left" and "south" in translation stems from the Aztec belief that the south was the left side of the world.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Despite the popularity of these later interpretations, Huitzilopochtli's name most probably does "not" mean "left-handed/southern hummingbird" considering that the Classical Nahuatl "huītzilin" ("hummingbird") is the modifier of "ōpōchtli" ("left-hand side") in this compound rather than the reverse; there continues to be much disagreement as to the full meaning of this name.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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In the "tlaxotecuyotl", a hymn sung in reverence to Huitzilopotchtli, he is referred to as: the Dart-Hurler, the divine hurler, and a terror to the Mixteca.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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There are a handful of origin mythologies describing the deity's beginnings.
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One story tells of the cosmic creation and Huitzilopochtli's role in it.
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According to this legend, he was the smallest son of four—his parents being the creator couple Tonacatecutli and Tonacacihuatl while his brothers were Quetzalcoatl and the two Tezcatlipocas.
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His mother and father instructed him and Quetzalcoatl to bring order to the world.
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Together, Huitzilopochtli and Quetzalcoatl created fire, the first male and female humans, the Earth, and the Sun.
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Another origin story tells of a fierce goddess, Coatlicue, being impregnated as she was sweeping by a ball of feathers on Mount Coatepec ("Serpent Hill"; near Tula, Hidalgo).
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Her other children, who were already fully grown, were the four hundred male Centzonuitznaua and the female deity Coyolxauhqui.
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These children, angered by the manner by which their mother became impregnated, conspired to kill her.
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Huitzilopochtli burst forth from his mother's womb in full armor and fully grown, or in other versions of the story, burst forth from the womb and immediately put on his gear.
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He attacked his older brothers and sister, defending his mother by beheading his sister and casting her body from the mountain top.
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He also chased after his brothers, who fled from him and became scattered all over the sky.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Huitzilopochtli is seen as the sun in mythology, while his many male siblings are perceived as the stars and his sister as the moon.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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In the Aztec worldview, this is the reason why the Sun is constantly chasing the Moon and stars.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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It is also why it was so important to provide tribute for Huitzilopochtli as sustenance for the Sun.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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If Huitzilopochtli did not have enough strength to battle his siblings, they would destroy their mother and thus the world.
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Huitzilopochtli was the patron god of the Mexica tribe.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Originally he was of little importance to the Nahuas, but after the rise of the Aztecs, Tlacaelel reformed their religion and put Huitzilopochtli at the same level as Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc, and Tezcatlipoca, making him a solar god.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Through this, Huitzilopochtli replaced Nanahuatzin, the solar god from the Nahua legend.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Huitzilopochtli was said to be in a constant struggle with the darkness and required nourishment in the form of sacrifices to ensure the sun would survive the cycle of 52 years, which was the basis of many Mesoamerican myths.
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While popular accounts claim it was necessary to have a daily sacrifice, sacrifices were only done on festive days.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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There were 18 especially holy festive days, and only one of them was dedicated to Huitzilopochtli.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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This celebration day, known as Toxcatl, falls within the fifteenth month of the Mexican calendar.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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During the festival, captives and slaves were brought forth and slain ceremoniously.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Every 52 years, the Nahuas feared the world would end as the other four creations of their legends had.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Under Tlacaelel, Aztecs believed that they could give strength to Huitzilopochtli with human blood and thereby postpone the end of the world, at least for another 52 years.
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War was an important source of both human and material tribute.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Human tribute was used for sacrificial purposes because human blood was believed to be extremely important, and thus powerful.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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According to Aztec mythology, Huitzilopochtli needed blood as sustenance in order to continue to keep his sister and many brothers at bay as he chased them through the sky.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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In the book "El Calendario Mexica y la Cronografia" by Rafael Tena and published by the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico, the author gives the last day of the Nahuatl month Panquetzaliztli as the date of the celebration of the rebirth of the Lord Huitzilopochtli on top of Coatepec (Snake Hill); December 9 in the Julian calendar or December 19 in the Gregorian calendar with the variant of December 18 in leap years.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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The most important and powerful structure in Tenochtitlan is the Templo Mayor.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Its importance as the sacred center is reflected in the fact that it was enlarged frontally eleven times during the two hundred years of its existence.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan was dedicated to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc, the rain god.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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16th century Dominican Friar Diego Durán wrote, "These two gods were always meant to be together, since they were considered companions of equal power."
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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The Templo Mayor actually consisted of a pyramidal platform, on top of which were twin temples.
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The South one was Huitzilopochtli's, and the North one was Tlaloc's.
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That these two deities were on opposite sides of the Great Temple is very representative of the Aztec dichotomy that the deities represent.
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Tlaloc, as the rain god, represented fertility and growth, while Huitzilopochtli, as the sun god, represented war and sacrifice.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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The Templo Mayor is made up of two shrines side-by-side; one painted with blue stripes and the other painted red.
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The blue shrine was to Tlaloc and represented the rainy season and the summer solstice.
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The red shrine was to Huitzilopochtli, painted to symbolize blood and war.
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Although the shrines were next to each other, Huitzilopochtli's was toward the south side.
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The Coyolxauhqui stone was found directly at the base of the stairway leading up to Huitzilopochtli's temple.
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On both sides of the stairway's base were two large grinning serpent heads.
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The image is clear.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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The Templo Mayor is the image of Coatepec or Serpent Mountain where the divine battle took place.
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Just as Huitzilopochtli triumphed at the top of the mountain, while his sister was dismembered and fell to pieces below, so Huitzilopochtli's temple and icon sat triumphantly at the top of the Templo Mayor while the carving of the dismembered goddess lay far below.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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This drama of sacrificial dismemberment was vividly repeated in some of the offerings found around the Coyolxauhqui stone in which the decapitated skulls of young women were placed.
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This suggestion is that there was a ritual reenactment of the myth at the dedication of the stone sometime in the latter part of the fifteenth century.
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According to Miguel León-Portilla, in this new vision from Tlacaelel, the warriors that died in battle and women who died in childbirth would go to serve Huitzilopochtli in his palace (in the south, or left).
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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From a description in the "Florentine Codex", Huitzilopochtli was so bright that the warrior souls had to use their shields to protect their eyes.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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They could only see the god through the arrow holes in their shields, so it was the bravest warrior who could see him best.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Warriors were transformed into hummingbirds upon death and went to join Huitzilopochtli.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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As the precise studies of Johanna Broda have shown, the creation myth consisted of “several layers of symbolism, ranging from a purely historical explanation to one in terms of cosmovision and possible astronomical content.”
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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At one level, Huitzilopochtli's birth and victorious battle against the four hundred children represent the character of the solar region of the Aztecs in that the daily sunrise was viewed as a celestial battle against the moon (Coyolxauhqui) and the stars (Centzon Huitznahua).
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Another version of the myth, found in the historical chronicles of Diego Duran and Alvarado Tezozomoc, tells the story with strong historical allusion and portrays two Aztec factions in ferocious battle.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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The leader of one group, Huitzilopochtli, defeats the warriors of a woman leader, Coyolxauh, and tears open their breasts and eats their hearts.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Both versions tell of the origin of human sacrifice at the sacred place, Coatepec, during the rise of the Aztec nation and at the foundation of Tenochtitlan.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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There are several legends and myths of Huitzilopochtli.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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According to the "Aubin Codex", the Aztecs originally came from a place called Aztlán.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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They lived under the ruling of a powerful elite called the "Azteca Chicomoztoca".
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Huitzilopochtli ordered them to abandon Aztlán and find a new home.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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He also ordered them never to call themselves Aztec; instead they should be called "Mexica."
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Huitzilopochtli guided them through the journey.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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For a time, Huitzilopochtli left them in the charge of his sister, Malinalxochitl, who, according to legend, founded Malinalco, but the Aztecs resented her ruling and called back Huitzilopochtli.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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He put his sister to sleep and ordered the Aztecs to leave the place.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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When she woke up and realized she was alone, she became angry and desired revenge.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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She gave birth to a son called Copil.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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When he grew up, he confronted Huitzilopochtli, who had to kill him.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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Huitzilopochtli then took his heart and threw it in the middle of Lake Texcoco.
His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers).
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