Hummingbirds, called huitzillin ("wee-TZEEL-een") in the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs, are one of the most recognizable and striking species in the avian world. #History #AztecWarfare #AztecSacrifice #AztecCivilization #AztecReligion #Hummingbird #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2809-en/

Xolotl was the dog god of the Mexica people, commonly known as the Aztecs. #History #Xolotl #AztecSacrifice #AztecCivilization #AztecArt #AztecReligion #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-14058-en/

Religion (from the Latin Religio, meaning 'restraint,' or Relegere, according to Cicero, meaning 'to repeat, to read again,' or, most likely, Religionem, 'to show respect for what is sacred') is an organized system of beliefs and practices revolving around, or leading to, a transcendent spiritual experience. https://www.worldhistory.org/religion/ #History #AztecSacrifice #Brahmanism #Christianity

Xipe Totec (pron. https://www.worldhistory.org/Xipe_Totec/ #History #AztecReligion #AztecSacrifice #XipeTotec

Quetzalcóatl (pron. https://www.worldhistory.org/Quetzalcoatl/ #History #AztecCivilization #AztecReligion #AztecSacrifice

Coyolxauhqui (pron.https://www.worldhistory.org/Coyolxauhqui/ #AztecArt #AztecSacrifice #Coyolxauhqui #History

Xipe Totec (pron. Xi-pe To-tec) or 'Flayed One' in Nahuatl, was a major god in ancient Mesoamerican culture and particularly important for the Toltecs and Aztecs. He was considered the god of spring, the patron god of seeds and planting and the patron of metal workers (especially goldsmiths) and gemstone workers. He is equivalent to the Red Tezcatlipoca, patron of Cuauhtli (eagle), the unfavou...https://www.worldhistory.org/Xipe_Totec/ #AztecReligion #AztecSacrifice #XipeTotec

Religion (from the Latin Religio, meaning 'restraint,' or Relegere, according to Cicero, meaning 'to repeat, to read again,' or, most likely, Religionem, 'to show respect for what is sacred') is an organized system of beliefs and practices revolving around, or leading to, a transcendent spiritual experience. There is no culture recorded in human history which has not practiced some form of reli...https://www.worldhistory.org/religion/ #AztecSacrifice #Brahmanism #Christianity