Gods and Myths of the AztecsAn introduction to some of the more famous gods and myths of the Aztecs. |
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... Smoking Mirror , patron of war . Although the Feathered Serpent was important to the Aztecs in fact , the priests who conducted human sacrifices were known as Quetzalcoatls it is apparent that Feathered Serpent and Smoking Mirror were ...
... Smoking Mirror , patron of war . Although the Feathered Serpent was important to the Aztecs in fact , the priests who conducted human sacrifices were known as Quetzalcoatls it is apparent that Feathered Serpent and Smoking Mirror were ...
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... Smoking Mirror . Smoking Mirror , in order to humiliate Quetzalcoatl , plied him with pulque ( a fermented cactus juice . ) While intoxicat- ed , Quetzalcoatl had sexual relations with the Witch Goddess and was forced out of Teotihuacan ...
... Smoking Mirror . Smoking Mirror , in order to humiliate Quetzalcoatl , plied him with pulque ( a fermented cactus juice . ) While intoxicat- ed , Quetzalcoatl had sexual relations with the Witch Goddess and was forced out of Teotihuacan ...
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... Smoking Mirror , and is made in the form of a turkey claw . The turkey was closely associated with Smoking Mirror . Aztec . BELOW Tezcatlipoca is identified here by his missing foot , which was lost when he engaged in combat with the ...
... Smoking Mirror , and is made in the form of a turkey claw . The turkey was closely associated with Smoking Mirror . Aztec . BELOW Tezcatlipoca is identified here by his missing foot , which was lost when he engaged in combat with the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 8 |
ORIGINS OF AZTEC CULTURE | 25 |
CHAPTER TWO THE OLMEC INHERITANCE | 40 |
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agricultural appears archaeological architecture associated astronomical Aztec culture Aztec world ball game ball-court blood blood-letting buildings Catherwood ceremonial centres Chalcatzingo Chiapas Chichén Itzá Chichimeca chinampas Coatlicue Colhuacan complex Copán Cortés costume death dedicated divine earth Feathered Serpent Flowers glyphs Goddess gods Guatemala Heart of Heaven Huitzilopochtli human sacrifice important influence Jaguar La Venta lineage Lord maize man-god mask Maya culture Mayan Mesoamerican cultures Mexico City Mixtec Moctezuma Monte Albán monuments Moon Museum myth neighbouring noble Oaxaca offerings Olmec Olmec belief Olmec culture OPPOSITE Pacal's Palenque patron deity period priest-ruler priests pyramid Quetzalcoatl Rain relief carvings represent ritual calendar ruler ruling élite sacred sacrificed sacrificial victims Serpent and Heart shown Smoking Mirror Spanish stelae stone symbol temple Tenochtitlan Teotihuacan Tezcatlipoca Tikal tion Tlaloc Toltec tomb tree Tula Twin Heroes Underworld Uxmal Valley of Mexico Venta Venus warriors Xibalba Xipe Totec Yucatán Peninsula Zapotec