the wonderful aztecs
the history of aztecs
Aztec tradition.
the Aztec spoke an Indian language called Nahuatl <<NAH wahtl>>.They also had a form of
writing that was mostly made up of small pictures. It was called pictograph writing.Human sacrifice was part of the Aztec religion. The Aztec even fought wars just to get prisoners to sacrifice to their gods.
Centeotl, a corn god;
Chicomecoatl was the Aztec goddess of agriculture, nourishment, and corn. She was often drawn as a young girl carrying flowers or a woman using the sun as a shield. Her name meant "seven snakes".
Tezcatlipoca
- Tezcatlipoca was a powerful god associated with many things including magic, the night, and the earth. He was a rival god to Quetzalcoatl. According to Aztec mythology, he was the first god to create the sun and the earth, but was struck down by Quetzalcoatl and turned into a jaguar. There was a large temple built to him in the city of Tenochtitlan just south of the Great Temple. His name meant "smoking mirror".
Quetzalcoatl
- Quetzalcoatl was the god of life and wind. His name means "feathered serpent" and he was usually drawn as a serpent which could fly, very much like a dragon. When Cortez first arrived at the Aztecs, many thought that he was the god Quetzalcoatl in human flesh.
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this is some facts about Aztecs.