Huitzilopochtli

Mesoamerican civilization called the Aztecs. The tribe was small when it was starting out. They were nomads traveling from place to place to find resources. The Aztecs usually wandered near Northwestern Mexico until a miracle happened in 1116 C.E. Huitzilopochtli, the god of the sun and war, spoke to them and stated that he would help them find a permanent home so they could settle. The catch was they had to find a sign. What is the sign you might ask? Well it was to find an eagle sitting on a…

If left up to the text of the 16th century the fall of the Aztec Empire would be accredited only to Cortes, but as Kevin O. Collins stressed in The Fatal Flaws of the Aztec Empire we see that we must look past the conquest and look more to the political, and religious view of the Aztec. Writers, such as William Prescott saw the flaws in the manuscripts written by those under Cortes and stressed that it was the mismanagement of Tenochtitlan that caused its fall. Unfortunately for this paper I…

A passage from the religious Codex Florentino, describes the second bad omen as when "The temple of Huitzilopochtli burst into flames… the people shouted: 'Mexicanos, come running!'" (Bernadino). The presence of the temple shows their dedication to worship and the urgent attempt to extinguish the temple further shows how intensely they valued their temples…

differences in the value of bartered goods. 20) If I were a war captive, slave, or criminal, I would not be a strong supporter of the cult of Huitzilopochtli because the cult required the eating of human hearts to sustain him in his daily struggle to bring the sun 's warmth to the world. War captives, slaves, criminals, and other poeple were sacrificed for the Huitzilopochtli rituals. 21) The Aztec tribute system differed from that of the one employed by the Tang and the Song because in the…

who fought to resist their invasion by the Spanish are all features of the extraordinary Aztec Empire. The Aztecs came from the land of Aztlán. They abandoned Aztlán in the 12th century to seek a new location to live in. Their Sun and War god, Huitzilopochtli, instructed them to search for a certain sign that would let them know their new home was found. Throughout their journey, they settled in many places, and fought with other people who lived in the territory. Soon, they were captured by the…

After the fall of Tenochtitlan, improper conversions, as mentioned above, were a common occurrence in early colonial New Spain. The reason for this being that the Spaniards believed that the natives were incapable of understanding the religion of Catholicism, so they instead tried to force it on them or just baptize them even when the religion’s practices and beliefs were not explained as well as they should have been. Other times, the natives were punished for their past practices of their…

After two centuries of hard work and labor, Aztecs became an empire. The Aztecs ruled Mesoamerica between 13th and 16th centuries. Once, Aztecs were a tribe in the marshlands but after many years of constructing, the tribe turned into an empire. The Aztec culture was one of the most advanced cultures that have existed in Mesoamerica. The Aztec life was so advanced, at that time, in the world that the Aztecs were living better than many of the European cities. The Aztec culture was the most…

together when the Mexica built their city Tenochtitlán. During the 12th and 13th century the Aztec people were looked down upon by surrounding people. They were poor and ragged; living off of vermin, snakes, and stolen food. By the 14th century Huitzilopochtli told Tenoch the Aztec leader to lead his people to a place of refuge. “When they reached their destination they were to look for an eagle perched on a cactus growing from a rock surrounded by water.” This is where they built their city…

As artists were frequently trying to attempt to impress the elite in hopes of finding or impressing a patron, the lower and middle classes were typically unaffected by the Renaissance culture. The invention of the printing press, by Johann Gutenberg, allowed for the possibility of educating the impoverished and illiterate, as it was much easier to mass produce books, rather than having to handwrite each copy. Before its invention, only the extremely wealthy could afford to have large libraries,…

While other cultures practiced human sacrifice, the Aztec empire is the most well-known and most aggressive group known to have practiced human sacrifice. The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican tribe that lived in the thirteenth century. The Aztec empire only existed for a short time, but left a significant impact, especially in regards to human sacrifices (Tuerenhout 7). The gruesome ritual of human sacrifice has been held as a special religious practice for the Aztecs. The creation stories of the…