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Meaning of huitzilopochtli




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

huitzilopochtli
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In the Mexica language, it means left-handed hummingbird. Mexica Sun God. Always moving with our hearts. Name of the main deity of Aztec culture. He was the god of war, a solar invocation and patron saint of the Mexica.

  




Jimeno Álvarez

Huitzilopochtli ( in nahuatl «Tzilipichtli Hu; AFI [Widtsilodepodt tii]: 1-) It was the main deity of the Aztecs. It was also known as Ilhuicatl Xoxouhqui and has been associated with the sol.2 with the arrival of the Spanish in Mesoamerica, was the most worshipped deity in the Central Highlands by imposition of the Mexica. The conquistadors called it Huichilobos ( the name Churubusco is derived from Hu 'Tzilipichco )

  



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