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... Huitzilopochtli , ' Hummingbird of the South ' , the tribal war god to whom human sacrifices were made . T AZTEC CREATIONS OR ' SUNS ' THE AZTECS , like many Mesoamerican peoples , believed that the universe was conceived in a struggle ...
... Huitzilopochtli , ' Hummingbird of the South ' , the tribal war god to whom human sacrifices were made . T AZTEC CREATIONS OR ' SUNS ' THE AZTECS , like many Mesoamerican peoples , believed that the universe was conceived in a struggle ...
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... Huitzilopochtli as the deified Mexica sun defeated the forces of night personified as his sister Coyolxauhqui the moon goddess and the ' four hundred ' stars . This cosmic battle prepared the universe for the fifth ' Sun ' , the Mexica ...
... Huitzilopochtli as the deified Mexica sun defeated the forces of night personified as his sister Coyolxauhqui the moon goddess and the ' four hundred ' stars . This cosmic battle prepared the universe for the fifth ' Sun ' , the Mexica ...
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... Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc , and thus materialised myths relating to both deities . Re - built and enlarged by successive emperors , the Great Temple was a symbolic recreation of Coatepetl , and the human sacrifices which took place ...
... Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc , and thus materialised myths relating to both deities . Re - built and enlarged by successive emperors , the Great Temple was a symbolic recreation of Coatepetl , and the human sacrifices which took place ...
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Aboriginal Aesir Amaterasu ancestors ancient animals Arnhem Land Australia Baal became believed bird birth body brother Buddha Buddhist called carved Celtic Celts century BCE civilisation creation myths creatures Cúchulainn cult culture cycle Daksha dance daughter dead death deities demons depicted descended divine earth Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father female fertility figure fire fish flood Freyja giant Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek head heaven hero Huitzilopochtli human hunting important Indian Inuit island Izanagi journey killed king Krishna lived Loki Lugh magic married Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Mexica moon mother mountain mythic mythology nature night Ninurta ocean Odin Okuninushi origin painting religion religious ritual river Roman sacred sacrifice serpent shaman Shiva Slav soul spirits stone stories Sumerian supernatural Susa-no-o symbol Taíno temple themes Thor tion told tree tribes trickster Tuatha Dé Danann Ugarit underworld Vishnu warrior wife woman women worshipped Zeus