Huitzilopochtlis name is a cognate of the nahuatl words huitzilin, hummingbird, and opochtli, left. He appeared in dreams to the priests and told them to settle on an island, in the middle of lake texcoco, where they would see an eagle perching on a cactus. When, a few years later, as the then president of the mammillaria society, i initiated the survey of lau and reppenhagen plants, i received a. He was also the national god of the mexicas, also known as aztecs, of tenochtitlan.
The figure has a round blue earplug, which sahaguan associates with the iconography of deities. The birth of huitzilopochtli, patron god of the aztecs. The portentous patron god of the aztecs was the son of coatlicue, she of the skirt of serpents, a title of the mother goddess. Huitzilopochtli is the sun who is born from cuatlicue, the earth. One of cortess party, bernal diaz del castillo recorded. Manchmal wird behauptet, er habe eine schwester, malinalxochi, gehabt. In aztec mythology, huitzilopochtli, also spelled uitzilopochtli, 1 was a god of war, a sun god, and the patron of the city of tenochtitlan. Huitzilopochtli, as depicted in the codex tellerianoremensis. For generations they travelled in seven tribes called calpultin, one of which was especially favoured by huitzilopochtli. Huitzilopochtli hummingbird of the south was the most powerful god in aztec religion. Huitzilopochtli pronounced weetzeelohposhtlee and meaning hummingbird on the left was one of the most important of the aztec gods, the god of the sun, warfare, military conquest and sacrifice, who according to tradition, led the mexica people from aztlan, their mythical homeland, into central mexico. Su santuario fundamental estaba en huitzilopochco huitzilopochco, ahora churubusco. This text has been the object of various forms of interpretation. Colonial documents refer sometimes to three lakes, at times as many as six based on.
Primary sources depict the dual nature of the god, including a human aspect as lefthanded warrior hero and a divine aspect as the solar god who kills. In the aztec religion, huitzilopochtli is a deity of war, sun, human sacrifice, and the patron of the. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. Huitzilopochtli simple english wikipedia, the free. This analysis is confirmed in the description of the god at his birth.
The birth of huitzilopochtli, patron god of the aztecs pdf. Huitzilopochtli around 1,000 years ago, the aztecs left their home of aztlan and followed their patron, huitzilopochtli, to a new land and way of life. Huitzilopochtlis siblings thought that their mother coatlicue had dishonored them with her mysterious pregnancy. Within the corpus of ethnohistorical documents that were painted. Huitzilopochtli was the patron god of the mexica tribe. Pdf a new interpretation of the aztec statue called coatlicue. According to some researchers, the myth has to do with an astral primeval confrontation. Huitzilopochtli s siblings thought that their mother coatlicue had dishonored them with her mysterious pregnancy. Many in the pantheon of deities of the aztecs were inclined to have a. He was the god of the sun and war, considered the patron of the aztec capital tenochtitlan and associated with gold.
Oct 18, 2019 huitzilopochtli is known as the portentous one, the god who indicated to the aztecsmexica where they should build their great capital city, tenochtitlan. Huitzilopochtli, aztec sun and war god, one of the two principal deities of aztec religion, often represented in art as either a hummingbird or an eagle. Remembering coyolxauhqui as a birthing text escholarship. Her offspring, huitzilopochtli, learned of this plan while still in the womb, and before it was put into action, sprang from his mothers womb fully grown and fully armed and killed his sister. However, huitzilopochtli sprang out of his mother and saved her. The birth of huitzilophochtli, patron god of the aztecs. Huitzilopochtli, as depictit in the codex borbonicus. In the aztec religion, huitzilopochtli classical nahuatl. His sister, coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way by a ball of feathers. Huitzilopochtli simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to some scholars, huitzilopochtli could have been a historical figure. In the aztec releegion, huitzilopochtli clessical nahuatl.
From archaeological and various historical documents, such. The portentous patron god of the aztecs was the son of coatlicue, she of the skirt of serpents, a title. Originally he was of little importance to the nahuas, but after the rise of the aztecs, tlacaelel reformed their religion and put huitzilopochtli at the same level as quetzalcoatl, tlaloc, and tezcatlipoca, making him a solar god. Huitzilopochtli has been to defeat his enemies and to deprive them of their possessions, the aztec. The legend of huitzilopochtli is recorded in the mexicayotl chronicle. The excessive use of blue throughout this specific image signifies the association of this color with huitzilopochtli. Seine mutter war coatlicue, sein vater ein ball federn oder auch mixcoatl. Huitzilopochtli or hummingbird of the south or blue hummingbird on the left was one of the most important deities in the aztec pantheon and for the mexica he was the supreme god. Huitzilopochtli instantly pierced coyolxauhqui, slashed off her head, and cut off her. The birth of huitzilopochtli, patron god of the aztecs this is a teocuitatl, divine song, a sort of epic poem in which the birth of huitzilopochtli is recalled. One sister of huitzilopochtli, coyolxauhqui, encouraged her star sisters and brothers to kill their mother coatlicue. When, a few years later, as the then president of the mammillaria society, i initiated the survey of lau and reppenhagen plants, i received a total of 70 responses and duly listed the results in. Sua madre era coatlicue, che secondo una versione del mito rimase incinta poggiando in grembo una sfera piumata caduta dal cielo secondo altre.
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