Jaguar warrior
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Jaguar warriors or jaguar knights were members of the Aztec military elite, similar to the eagle warriors. They were a type of Aztec warrior called a cuāuhocēlōtl
An Aztec Jaguar warrior
Bronze relief by Jesús Fructuoso Contreras depicting Cacamatzin as a jaguar warrior
An atlatl spear thrower that was donated to Pope Clement VII
Aztec warfare
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Aztec warfare concerns the aspects associated with the military conventions, forces, weaponry and strategic expansions conducted by the Late Postclassic Aztec civilizations of Mesoamerica, including p
Jaguar warrior
…Jaguar warriors or jaguar knights (Nahuatl languages: ocēlōtl, pl. ocēlōmeh; pronounced ) were members of the Aztec military elite, similar to the eagle warriors. They were a type of Aztec warrior called a cuāuhocēlōtl (, from cuāuhtli 'eagle' and ocēlōtl 'jaguar') The jaguar…
Terracotta statue depicting an Eagle Warrior
Nezahualcoyotl dressed in cotton armor with an obsidian sword, shield, and a helmet in the shape of a coyote or wolf. Codex Ixtlilxochitl, c. 1550.
Aztec warriors as depicted in the Codex Mendoza
Blowpipe or Tlacalhuazcuahuitl