They had creator Gods‚ the Spider Goddess who was represented in their artwork with a fanged mask imitating a spider’s mouth‚ as well as Quetzalcoatl‚ the feathered serpent God and the Old Fire God. Their deities for water included Chalchiuhtlicue who has a 3 meter high stone statue in the city as well Tlaloc‚ the god of war and rain. Another God they believed in was Xipe Totec‚ who was the
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The Aztecs Origin The Aztecs were a small tribe that went to northwestern Mexico until 1116 BCE. According to a legend‚ one-day‚ Huitzilopochtli which is the god of sun and war‚ told the people to move south. He told them he would take them to a secure home. The new home would be marked with a sign. It took them 100 years until one day a priest saw the sign. It was in the middle of a lake called Texcoco. There were other tribes living in the place. They were reluctant and didn’t let them share the
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Quetzalcoatlus northropi is an azhdarchid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of North America and one of the largest known flying animals of all time. It was a member of the Azhdarchidae‚ a family of advanced toothless pterosaurs with unusually long‚ stiffened necks. The Quetzalcoatlus was first discovered in Texas in 1971 by geology graduate student Douglas A. Lawson. The feeding habits of Quetzalcoatlus are controversial. Originally‚ it was assumed to catch fish and crustaceans‚ like most
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A number of Star Visitor races evolved to intelligent life forms on their respective planets across the universe. Some of these civilizations are millions of years old. Other intelligent races "out there" developed not solely from evolution‚ but from other races’ "missionary" sowing of intelligent life on planets they discovered whose indigenous biota had evolved to the point where one or more animal species could provide a suitable anatomy and physique for engineering in high intelligence and
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April of 1519‚ the Aztecs received strange news that strangers were near the coastal waters of Totonacs (Burland and Forman 114).When Montezuma received this new he was mortified‚ he had a feeling that this stranger was a returning god‚ named Quetzalcoatl (Burland and Forman 115). Their religion made them believe the most outrageous things.The leader of these strangers was the Spaniard‚ Hernan
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TEOTIHUACAN‚ Mexico Teotihuacan: {Nahutl: “The City Of The God’s”} Established around 100BC and lasting until its fall around 750BC‚ Teotihuacan was one of the largest cities in the ancient world. Teotihuacan was a hand-built‚ pre Columbian‚ Mesoamerican city built more than a thousand years before the arrival of the Nahutl-speaking Aztec in Central Mexico. Teotihuacan is said to be situated fewer than 50 kilometers (approx. 30 miles) northeast of Mexico City‚ in the Sub Valley of the Valley of
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cactus. He was also the war god and needed blood from sacrifices to strengthen.The Aztecs most powerful god was Tezcatlipoca. He is the god of the night and struggles with the sun god Huitzilopochtli. He uses a smoking mirror to see the future. Quetzalcoatl Left Mexico after a fight with Tezcatlipoca. Priests prophesied that he would return on the new fire and bring destruction to the Aztecs. Tlaloc was the rain god. The Aztecs feared the most because he could either cause a drought or flood their
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RELIGION Very important in this culture‚ they had lot of gods and everyone has an own story. TLALOC God of rain‚ his gift was provide of water to help to the crops and become a successful land. QUETZALCOATL is the primordial god of creation‚ a giver for life. HUITZILOPONCHTLI god of mexica war‚ he was an important guide for people toward conquer. God Yumil Kaxob‚ the maize God is representative of the rip grain which was the base of
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advantages that the Aztecs didn’t‚ the Spanish brought over small pox. Many of his people were immune to it while the Mexica Confederation was not. Many people thought the Spanish were gods and gave them many gifts. Motecuhzoma thought Hernan Cortés was Quetzalcoatl‚ which was a god they were waiting for. He had two translators that were able to help him through his journey. The two translators knew different dialect; he had La Malinche and Geronimo de Aguilar. Hernan Cortés had many advantages that allowed
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children carrying European dolls. Cortés is perhaps the most famous and ruthless of the conquistadores. The first interaction he had with the Aztecs‚ Montezuma sent him extensive tributes‚ because Montezuma thought he was the reincarnation of Quetzalcoatl. This generosity made Cortés lust for more and more gold‚ until finally Montezuma and the Aztecs forced them out of the city. Cortés responded in tune by laying siege to Tenochitlán‚ eventually taking the city after it suffered innumerable losses
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