Aztec
The Aztec Triple Alliance : Tenochtitlan; Texcoco; and Tlacopan.
Ometeotl - Ome: dos-two ; Teotl : energy-creation- essence
Sons : Tezcatlipoca, Huitzilopochtli , Xipe Totec , Quetzalcoatl
Sons : Tezcatlipoca, Huitzilopochtli , Xipe Totec , Quetzalcoatl
OMETEOTL is the two energies
needed for creation, Masculine &
Feminine; Positive & Negative
OMETECUHTLI and OMECIHUATL
Priests poor translation skills turned
"TEOTL" into meaning GOD.
There is no word for "God" in the Aztec
Language Nahuatl - [wikipedia link]
needed for creation, Masculine &
Feminine; Positive & Negative
OMETECUHTLI and OMECIHUATL
Priests poor translation skills turned
"TEOTL" into meaning GOD.
There is no word for "God" in the Aztec
Language Nahuatl - [wikipedia link]
Quetzalcoatl - Translation debate between; "Featherd Serpent" or "Precious Serpent"
Quetzal : rooted to Precious; Coatl : serpent
Using the attributes of Ehecatl the wind god, thus representing the winds that bring the
rain
Quetzal : rooted to Precious; Coatl : serpent
Using the attributes of Ehecatl the wind god, thus representing the winds that bring the
rain
Aztec codices
Codex Borbonicus (16th century)
Boturini Codex
Codex Mendoza
Codex Telleriano-Remensis (16th century)
Florentine Codex
Codex Osuna
Aubin Codex
Codex Magliabechiano (16th century)
Codex Cozcatzin
Codex Ixtlilxochitl
Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis
"Little Book of the Medicinal Herbs of the
Indians"
Aztec use of entheogens
Codex Borbonicus (16th century)
Boturini Codex
Codex Mendoza
Codex Telleriano-Remensis (16th century)
Florentine Codex
Codex Osuna
Aubin Codex
Codex Magliabechiano (16th century)
Codex Cozcatzin
Codex Ixtlilxochitl
Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis
"Little Book of the Medicinal Herbs of the
Indians"
Aztec use of entheogens
English: Xochicalco temple of the plumed serpent
Español: Templo de la Serpiente Emplumada en Xochicalco.
Español: Templo de la Serpiente Emplumada en Xochicalco.
Tezcatlipoca - was a central deity in Aztec religion
one of the four sons of Ometeotl,
Associated with the night sky, the night winds,
hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity,
discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars,
sorcery, beauty, war and strife.
His name in the Nahuatl language is often translated
as "Smoking Mirror"[2] and alludes to his connection
to obsidian, the material from which mirrors were
made in Mesoamerica and which was used for
shamanic rituals.
one of the four sons of Ometeotl,
Associated with the night sky, the night winds,
hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity,
discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars,
sorcery, beauty, war and strife.
His name in the Nahuatl language is often translated
as "Smoking Mirror"[2] and alludes to his connection
to obsidian, the material from which mirrors were
made in Mesoamerica and which was used for
shamanic rituals.
One of the feathered serpent heads
that decorated the Temple of the
Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan
by:Jami Dwyer
that decorated the Temple of the
Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan
by:Jami Dwyer
What has been mistranslated and hidden in the
codices by the conquistadors & priests?
codices by the conquistadors & priests?
| There is a "cross" depicted on the shield. Is this a original design by an aztec artist? |
Huitzilopochtli - "Hummingbird of the South (on the Left)", or "Left-Handed Hummingbird"
Associated with war, a sun god, and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan
Birth - Sprang from his mother's womb after her death by her sons & daughter, fully dressed in
armor and avenged her death.
Associated with war, a sun god, and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan
Birth - Sprang from his mother's womb after her death by her sons & daughter, fully dressed in
armor and avenged her death.
Xipe Totec - "our lord the flayed one", was a life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture,
vegetation, the east, disease, spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths and the seasons.
vegetation, the east, disease, spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths and the seasons.
Epithets
Titlacauan ("We are his Slaves")
Ipalnemoani ("He by whom we live")
Necoc Yaotl ("Enemy of Both Sides")
Tloque Nahuaque ("Lord of the Near and the Nigh")
Yohualli Èecatl ("Night, Wind")
Ome acatl ("Two Reed")
Ilhuicahua Tlalticpaque ("Possessor of the Sky and Earth")
Titlacauan ("We are his Slaves")
Ipalnemoani ("He by whom we live")
Necoc Yaotl ("Enemy of Both Sides")
Tloque Nahuaque ("Lord of the Near and the Nigh")
Yohualli Èecatl ("Night, Wind")
Ome acatl ("Two Reed")
Ilhuicahua Tlalticpaque ("Possessor of the Sky and Earth")
Tezcatlipōca pronounced [teskatɬiˈpoːka][
He is often shown with his right foot replaced
with an obsidian mirror or a snake - an
allusion to the creation myth in which he
loses his foot battling with the Earth Monster
with an obsidian mirror or a snake - an
allusion to the creation myth in which he
loses his foot battling with the Earth Monster
Monument 19, from La Venta, the
earliest known representation of a
feathered serpent in Mesoamerica.
earliest known representation of a
feathered serpent in Mesoamerica.
Huitzilopōchtli [witsiloˈpoːtʃtɬi
400 - 500 Brothers - Centzon Huitznahua
Instructed by sister to kill their pregnant mother.
killed by Huitzilopochtli.
They became the stars.
Instructed by sister to kill their pregnant mother.
killed by Huitzilopochtli.
They became the stars.
Mother - Coatlicue, Toci , Cihuacoatl
Father - Mixcoatl, a ball of feathers
Sister - Coyolxauhqui
Ordered her brothers to kill her mother.
Huitzilopochtli cut her limbs off and
tossed them into the sky, she became
the moon.
Ordered her brothers to kill her mother.
Huitzilopochtli cut her limbs off and
tossed them into the sky, she became
the moon.
Did the Aztecs really sacrifice humans? And at such a large
scale, or have the numbers been exaggerated? Were the
Conquistadors the real culprits behind the slaughter?
scale, or have the numbers been exaggerated? Were the
Conquistadors the real culprits behind the slaughter?