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This is where I came in, the building lacked the shrines before my team’s addition. The twin temple worshipped two deities, Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc, they were the sun god and rain deity. Huitzilopochtli and Coatepec took the north side, it represented Coatepec Hill where Coatlicue gave birth to Huitzilopochtli and where Coyolxauhqui was killed by her own brother. After her head was cut off, she was thrown to the bottom of the hill and was dismembered. At the base of the temple where the goddess had fallen, a sculpture can be found that represents the goddess’ downfall (The Great Temple). Conflict between brother and sister sets a tone of morality in the social aspects of civilization. The male was stronger and got to rise to the top near the heavens, while the female was defeated and stayed low on the platform (The Great Temple). The strong opposites of life and death is what makes this temple powerful, it was the highest form of