Quetzalcoatl

José Chávez Morado, born in 1909, was one of the greatest 20th century Mexican muralists, focused on political and social factors of the Mexican revolution and embraced his heritage much like Dr. Atl had. He was the last of one of the greatest 20th century muralists, who greatly influenced Mexican styled art, this paper will discuss his life journey, accomplishments, and two of his great works/murals. The purpose of this is to gain insight on one of the 20th centuries greatest artists, and…

celebrated their cocoa god, Ek Chuah. The Mayan myth of Cucumatz giving them cocoa from a mountain after the creation of humans from maize and water. The Aztecs version of this story is their god Quetzalcoatl, God of Vegetation, was excluded from paradise for sharing the sacred drink with humans. Quetzalcoatl came to earth with a cocoa tree and taught humans how to cultivate cocoa and make a drink from them.…

city of Mexico joined by six hundred Spaniards and an extraordinary measure of local natives. Cortez's landing in Mexico City was invited by the agreeable Aztec tribe, who made the mistake to trusted that Cortez was one of their divine beings, Quetzalcoatl, who was described by light skin, red hair, and light eyes. They were willing to impart all their riches and joy to the Spaniards, yet the Spaniards needed more than what the Aztecs were willing to share, they needed to run their wonderful…

Spanish Conquistadors and the Fall of the Aztecs The fall of the Aztec Empire was due to the determination and destruction of the Spaniards. They did not respect the Natives’ religions at all. They almost destroyed all of the Natives’ culture, and now we know very little about Natives. The Spaniards’ greed and obsession with power, this was their main motivation to conquer the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs’ religion is what got them into the most trouble. They sacrificed humans for their Gods, which…

became an important ally for Cortes during his siege of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital city. Cortes`s arrival matched with an important Aztec prophecy. The Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, who they accredited with the creation of humans among other notable features. Were sent to return to Earth. Aztecs thought that Cortes could be Quetzalcoatl, Montezuma greeted the party with countless honour. Montezuma sent out envoys to meet the conquistador as he…

paintings, poems, etc was a very powerful and effective way to bring the attention of issues to the public and to spread the movement. A work of art that clearly illustrates the concept of “Indigenismo” is “The Torch of Quetzalcoatl” made by Leo Tanguma. “The Torch of Quetzalcoatl” is a mural painted by Tanguma at the Denver…

Both Indigenous and Spaniards showed great care for their beliefs. Spaniards did anything they could to benefit the church and their God. Spaniards not only cared for the church but imperialism as well. The Indigenous differed because they had many gods to please. According to the Indigenous human’s only role was to fight and die for gods. They satisfied gods through sacrifice. When Spain stumbled upon the Americas, they acted believing Spanish imperialism is their right. This effects the…

This site is referred to as the City of the gods and significant monuments, such as the Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon, and the Temple of Quetzalcoatl have been discovered. These monuments are found in whats know as the Avenue of the…

It took six months for Cortez and Montezuma to at last meet. Prior to this initially meeting, Montezuma was on edge to meet Cortez, yet was uncertain about those that went with Cortez. Montezuma had sent forward couriers to send Cortez' man blessings of gold in the event that they would turn back, yet Montezuma's solicitations were not complied. At the point when the two did at long last meet in the city of Tenoshtitlan, the two men and totally unique thoughts of what was going on. Cortez saw…

The capitol of the Aztecs, Tenochtitlan, was in existence from the year 1325 until 1521 when it was taken over by Hernan Cortez and his men. Tenochtitlan was located in the Valley of Mexico on an island in Lake Texcoco. It was estimated that the size of this city-state was 8 – 13.5 km2. Tenochtitlan wasn’t the only city-state on this island, Tlatelolco was also located here, Tenochtitlan’s sister city. Legend says that this site was chosen because Huitzlopochtli, the god of war, ordered them…