Huitzilopochtli

1. The sculpture the Goddess Coatlicue is around 8 feet 6 inches, or 2.65 meters. The piece was made circa 1500 by the Aztecs in Mexico. It is located in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City. 2. There is only one being depicted in the statue. The statue shows someone with a necklace made up of what appears to be hands, hearts and skulls from humans. Under the necklace appear to be human breasts. The skirt on the statue is made up of snakes that are overlapping. The feet and hands…

Quetzalcoatl, who is the god of fertility and the arts. Aztec religion is focused on gods, dates, directions, and colors. The Aztecs believed that it took the gods five tries before they were able to create the world. The Aztec sacrifices to help Huitzilopochtli keep the sun strong; they felt that if the sun became weak that they would be punished. They believed that everything had to be in balance; every fifty-two years, they were afraid that the world would end. The Aztecs also believed that…

Long ago before Earth was even a planet there was just space in the universe. Nothing but dark matter, maybe even stars or other galaxies scattered apart billions of light years. There was one goddess named Coatlicue who was a woman that had created Earth all by herself. One day when Coatlicue went for a walk around the land, she found a ball of hummingbird feathers. She pondered whether she should keep them. After decades of pondering, she finally decided to tuck in the ball of hummingbird…

used rubble and limestone. Tenochtitlan was built on the island of Lake Texcoco. The Aztec religion had two shrines on top of the building and it was the most important religion. The shiners represent Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc and Roman Catholic churches are built on top of the temple. Huitzilopochtli was the fearsome and powerful of the Aztec gods and it is the war,…

America. This place was called Mesoamerica. The Aztecs told a legend that Huitzilopochtli the god of water told them to leave Azatlan and look for another place. The sign that they have found the new place would be an eagle perched on a cactus growing on a rock and eating a…

three tribes also practiced human sacrifice. The Maya had hundreds of gods. The ruling god of power was called K'awiil. The ruling dynasty of Copan saw him as their patron god. The Aztec also had many gods. Their main god’s name was named Huitzilopochtli. Huitzilopochtli was the god of the sun and the god of war. The Inca had many gods. Their supreme god was named Inti, and was the sun god. Another similarity in the religions of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca is that they all practiced human…

Aztecs religion was divided up into 4 quadrants. Also, they worshipped Huitzilopochtli. The men preferred human sacrifice, Quetzalcoatl created the humans. They called themself Culhuah. They started to, feed their gods gods human blood. However, the gods tribal bird is the humming bird. The Tezcatlipoca believed that they can…

Blood, human sacrifice, and savage ways are conceptions of the Aztec civilization that a mind novice in Aztec history has formulated. These misconceptions can be attributed in part to the destruction of historical archives and undiscovered pieces of information nestled within Aztec ruins. It is correct to say that much history of this grand civilization was destroyed during the Spanish Conquest of 1519 led by Hernan Cortes and his populous army of men. However, through archaeological…

There once was a group of people called the Aztecs. They lived a long time ago in an area in northern Mexico. These people believed in different gods than us, and one of the gods they believed in was Huitzilopochtli, and he was the god of sun and war. According to the ancient legends, Huitzilopochtli told the Aztecs that they needed to move south and find their permanent home. He told them that he would lead them there, and when they finally reached their new permanent home, he would send them a…

its terrifying nature. http://quatr.us/geology/rocks/igneous/basalt.htm 2. This sculpture is of a single person, the Aztec goddess of earth and fire, Coatlicue. Her story says that her jealous children attacked her after conceiving her son, Huitzilopochtli, god of war. He was birthed fully grown and armed during the attack. Though he defended her, she was decapitated and dismembered. She is depicted with two snake heads in place of her own. These snakes help illustrate her blood lost during…