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Aztlán
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Aztlán is the mythical home of the Aztec peoples. The word "Aztec" was derived from the Classical Nahuatl aztecah, meaning "people from Aztlán." Aztlán is mentioned in several ethnohistorical sources
Depiction of the departure from Aztlán from an island in the 16th-century Codex Boturini. Aztlán is also depicted as some island in the Aubin and Azca
Depiction of the departure from Aztlán from an island in the 16th-century Codex Boturini. Aztlán is also depicted as some island in the Aubin and Azcatitlan codices.
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Chicomoztoc
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Chicōmōztōc is the name for the mythical origin place of the Aztec Mexicas, Tepanecs, Acolhuas, and other Nahuatl-speaking peoples of Mesoamerica, in the Postclassic period.
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…although whether Aztlán represents a real location or a mythological one is a matter of debate. Mexica histories relate that seven tribes lived in Chicomoztoc, or "the Place of the Seven Caves". Each cave represented a different Nahua group: the Xochimilca, Tlahuica, Acolhua, Tlaxcalteca, Tepaneca, Chalca…
The seven caves of Chicomoztoc, from Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca. The depiction of a 'curved mountain' at the top of this painting is meant as a refer
The seven caves of Chicomoztoc, from Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca. The depiction of a 'curved mountain' at the top of this painting is meant as a referent to Culhuacan.