USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Out of the hundreds of deities the Aztecs worshipped, Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec Sun God, was the one considered most powerful, and one of the most revered. He was so important to the Aztec people that they even considered themselves to be “the people of the sun”.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Aztecs called themselves the “People of the Sun". They felt that in order for the sun to rise each day the Aztecs needed to perform rituals and sacrifices to give the sun strength. Despite worshiping many gods, there were certain gods that the Aztecs considered more important and powerful than the others.

Detailed explanation-3: -The people whom we typically refer to as Aztecs called themselves Mexica or Culhua-Mexica. They were also known as the Tenochca, a name derived from the ancestor Tenoch. It is also the source of the name of the great Aztec capital city, Tenochtitlán, on the site of current-day Mexico City.

Detailed explanation-4: -What were the Aztecs’ true origins? The Aztecs actually called themselves the Mexica (Me-SHEE-ka), and they came from what is today the American Southwest. Because of a common origin, the Mexica language shares features with those of the Hopi and the Utes.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to traditional Aztec belief, Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec Sun God, was the son of Coatlicue, the Earth mother goddess. One day, a large ball of hummingbird feathers fell from the sky (remember, hummingbirds were believed to be reincarnated warriors).