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Coyolxāuhqui
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In Aztec religion, Coyolxāuhqui is a daughter of the goddess Cōātlīcue. She was the leader of her brothers, the Centzonhuītznāhua. She led her brothers in an attack against their mother, Cōātlīcue, wh
Disk depicting a dismembered Coyolxāuhqui, which was found during construction in 1978 in Mexico City. Its discovery led to the excavation of the Huēy
Disk depicting a dismembered Coyolxāuhqui, which was found during construction in 1978 in Mexico City. Its discovery led to the excavation of the Huēyi Teōcalli.
Archaeologists of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia working at the place were the stone was discovered, 1978.
Archaeologists of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia working at the place were the stone was discovered, 1978.
Head of Coyolxāuhqui; c. 1500; diorite; 80 cm × 80 cm × 65 cm (31 in × 31 in × 26 in); National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico City). As usual, she is
Head of Coyolxāuhqui; c. 1500; diorite; 80 cm × 80 cm × 65 cm (31 in × 31 in × 26 in); National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico City). As usual, she is shown decapitated and with closed eyelids, as her brother, Huitzilopochtli, beheaded her.
Original coloration of the stone disk, based on chemical traces of pigments.
Original coloration of the stone disk, based on chemical traces of pigments.
Huītzilōpōchtli
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Huitzilopochtli is the solar and war deity of sacrifice in Aztec religion. He was also the patron god of the Aztecs and their capital city, Tenochtitlan. He wielded Xiuhcoatl, the fire serpent, as a w
Coyolxāuhqui
…their mother, Cōātlīcue, when they learned she was pregnant, convinced she dishonored them all. The attack is thwarted by Coyolxāuhqui's other brother, Huītzilōpōchtli, the national deity of the Mexica. In 1978, workers at an electric company accidentally discovered a large stone relief depicting Coyolxāuhqui in Mexico…
Blue and Red Tezcatlipocas in the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer
Blue and Red Tezcatlipocas in the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer
Human sacrifice as shown in the Codex Magliabechiano
Human sacrifice as shown in the Codex Magliabechiano
Codex Tudela
Codex Tudela
The founding of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan; An eagle representing Huitzilopochtli, which exhales the atl-tlachinolli (war symbol), is perched on a
The founding of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan; An eagle representing Huitzilopochtli, which exhales the atl-tlachinolli (war symbol), is perched on a nopal cactus. Teocalli of the Sacred War, sculpted in 1325.