In fact, the mask's raised turquoise may depict the wart-faced god Nanahuatzin, who, according to Aztec mythology, sacrificed himself to the fire and emerged to become the sun.

In Aztec cosmology, López Luján knew ... The mountain was the site of a cosmological soap opera: The newly born sun god Huitzilopochtli slew his warrior sister, the moon goddess Coyolxauhqui ...

According to Aztec mythology, the sun and moon were gods, and eclipses occurred when these gods were being attacked or devoured. For the Aztecs, the sun was Huitzilopochtli, the god of war and the ...

The Aztec civilization was deeply spiritual, with a vast pantheon of gods influencing every aspect of life. Their religion ...

Here, in this store of unborn souls, they waited until the gods decided ... Eclipses, the Aztec believed, threatened pregnancy. The Tzitzimitl—astral deities visible when the sun was in eclipse ...

was the capital of the Aztec empire and the site of the Templo Mayor, a temple dedicated to Quetzalcoatl, in addition to Tlaloc, the rain god, and Huitzilopochtli, the god of sun and war.

According to Aztec mythology, the sun and moon were gods, and eclipses occurred when these gods were being attacked or devoured. For the Aztecs, the sun was Huitzilopochtli, the god of war and the ...