god of war;Tonatiuh, god of the sun;Tlaloc, god of rain; andQuetzalcóatl, the Feathered Serpent, who was part deity and partculturehero.Human sacrifice, particularly by offering a victim’s heart to Tonatiuh, was commonly practiced, as was bloodletting. Closely entwined with Aztec religion was...
Thus, this tiny little winged jewel is a microcosm of the vast world around it and the deities interwoven in the system. “Canto del Colibri,” courtesy of jjeess11 *** Sahagún, Bernardino , Arthur J. O. Anderson, and Charles E. Dibble. General History of the Things of New Spain...