Discover the myth of how the weak and pimply Aztec god Nanahuatl sacrificed himself to become Lord Sun and created a new world.

According to tradition, the Aztec god of the sun and war, Huitzilopochtli (whose name in Náhuatl means "left-handed hummingbird" or "hummingbird of the south"), commanded the Aztecs to leave their ...

NMAI copy 39088019917616 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema. Contents The world, the heavens, and time -- Creation and the role of paradise -- The quality of the numinous -- Tezcatlipoca ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – In the pantheon of Mexico's pre-Hispanic gods, most Aztec deities are depicted as brutal, blood-thirsty beings only appeased by human sacrifices. But Mexico's Templo Mayor museum on ...

DETROIT, MI –– To honor the beginning of Latino Heritage Month, Brush Street in downtown Detroit transformed into a fiesta. Hundreds of people filled the street visiting different vendors at the Plaza ...