USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which god was the Aztec god of magic, the night, and the Earth? His name means “smoking mirror.”
A
Huitzilopochtli
B
Tlaloc
C
Quetzalcoatl
D
Tezcatlipoca
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tezcatlipoca, (Nahuatl: “Smoking Mirror”) god of the Great Bear constellation and of the night sky, one of the major deities of the Aztec pantheon. Tezcatlipoca’s cult was brought to central Mexico by the Toltecs, Nahua-speaking warriors from the north, about the end of the 10th century ad.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tezcatlipoca is the Aztec god of sorcery. He is an all-knowing spirit that sees everything in his obsidian mirror. The name “Tezcatlipoca” means “smoking mirror.” This spirit of magic and chaos is a dangerous figure.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tezcatlipoca-Tezcatlipoca was a powerful god associated with many things including magic, the night, and the earth. He was a rival god to Quetzalcoatl.

Detailed explanation-4: -A Supreme Deity Tezcatlipoca was known as the Lord of the Smoking Mirror. That name is a reference to obsidian mirrors, circular flat shiny objects made of volcanic glass, as well as a symbolic reference to the smoke of battle and sacrifice.

Detailed explanation-5: -In Aztec mythology, Mētztli (Nahuatl: [metstɬi]; also rendered Meztli, Metzi, literally “Moon") was a god or goddess of the moon, the night, and farmers.

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