Aztec religion
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The Aztec religion is a polytheistic and monistic pantheism in which the Nahua concept of teotl was construed as the supreme god Ometeotl, as well as a diverse pantheon of lesser gods and manifestations of nature. The popular religion tended to embrace the mythological and polytheistic aspects, and the Aztec Empire's state religion sponsored both the monism of the upper classes and the popular heterodoxies.
Mictlantecuhtli (left), god of death, and Quetzalcoatl, god of life; together they symbolize life and death.
Quetzalcoatl, god of the winds and knowledge, in the Codex Borgia
Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of water and mistress of lakes, in the Codex Borbonicus
Tezcatlipoca, god of providence, in the Codex Borgia.
Aztec Empire
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The Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance was an alliance of three Nahua city-states: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan. These three city-states ruled that area in and around the Valley of Mexico from 1428 until the combined forces of the Spanish conquistadores and their native allies who ruled under Hernán Cortés defeated them in 1521.
First page of the Codex Boturini, showing the migration of the Mexica.
Jaguar warriors in a flowery war from the Codex Zouche-Nuttall
Codex Azcatitlan depicting the Spanish army, with Cortés and Malinche in front
Cristóbal de Olid led Spanish soldiers with Tlaxcalan allies in the conquests of Jalisco and Colima of West Mexico.