People revered Huitzilopochtli, known as the Aztec sun god and the patron god of the Aztecs, as the god of war, sun and human ...

In Aztec cosmology, López Luján knew ... The mountain was the site of a cosmological soap opera: The newly born sun god Huitzilopochtli slew his warrior sister, the moon goddess Coyolxauhqui ...

Here, in this store of unborn souls, they waited until the gods decided ... Eclipses, the Aztec believed, threatened pregnancy. The Tzitzimitl—astral deities visible when the sun was in eclipse ...

It is believed to be part of a skull rack from the temple to the Aztec god of the sun, war and human sacrifice. Known as the Huey Tzompantli, the skull rack stood on the corner of the chapel of ...

The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to the underworld every night.

They are believed to form part of the Huey Tzompantli, a skull rack some 60 metres (200ft) in diameter which stood on the corner of the chapel of Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of the sun ...

Art and gentrification During a yuppie art walk in Pilsen -- home to a large number of Hispanics and Latinos -- Elvia Rodriguez-Ochoa angered many with a public intervention that appeared to protest ...

The Templo Mayor archaeological zone, a sacred site in the heart of Mexico City, has fully reopened to the public following ...

According to Aztec legend, two youths, Xochitl and Huitzilin, fell deeply in love. But when Huitzilin died while at war, Xochitl begged the sun god to reunite her with him. Captivated by her sorrow, ...

In Fifth Sun, she writes an informative historical account ... the author’s deep knowledge of Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec Empire. Early on, the Aztecs were intrigued by the Roman alphabet ...