USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Huitzilopochtli is the Aztec God of the Sun and War. Although the Aztecs believed in at least 200 different deities, Huitzilopochtli is considered to be one of the most important. Of all the Aztec deities, he is the most fearsome and powerful.

Detailed explanation-2: -Even so, the largest number of human sacrifices were made in honour of Huitzilopochtli, the most powerful of the Aztec gods.

Detailed explanation-3: -Huitzilopochtli. winged god Huitzilopochtli. Huitzilopochtli, also spelled Uitzilopochtli, also called Xiuhpilli (“Turquoise Prince”) and Totec (“Our Lord”), Aztec sun and war god, one of the two principal deities of Aztec religion, often represented in art as either a hummingbird or an eagle.

Detailed explanation-4: -However, Huitzilopochtli was known as the primary god of war in ancient Mexico. Since he was the patron god of the Mexica, he was credited with both the victories and defeats that the Mexica people had on the battlefield. The people had to make sacrifices to him to protect the Aztec from infinite night.

Detailed explanation-5: -Powers: According to Sahagún, Huitzilopochtli was robust, strong, warlike and a great destroyer of towns and men. In wars he was like “live fire”, and fearsome to his adversaries. His emblem was of a “dragon’s head that spewed fire from its mouth” (xiuhcoatl).