(left), god of death, the lord of the and (right), god of wisdom, life, knowledge, morning star, patron of the winds and light, the lord of the. Together they symbolize life and death.Aztec mythology is the body or collection of myths of civilization of Central Mexico. The Aztecs were -speaking groups living in central Mexico and much of their mythology is similar to that of other cultures. According to legend, the various groups who were to become the Aztecs arrived from the north into the around. The location of this valley and lake of destination is clear – it is the heart of modern – but little can be known with certainty about the origin of the Aztec. There are different accounts of their origin. In the myth the ancestors of the Mexica/Aztec came from a place in the north called, the last of seven nahuatlacas (Nahuatl-speaking tribes, from tlaca, 'man') to make the journey southward, hence their name 'Azteca.'

Other accounts cite their origin in, 'the place of the seven caves,' or at (the legendary origin of all civilizations).The Mexica/Aztec were said to be guided by their god, meaning 'Left-handed ' or 'Hummingbird from the South.' At an island in, they saw an holding a rattlesnake in its talons, perched on a cactus. This vision fulfilled a prophecy telling them that they should found their new home on that spot. The Aztecs built their city of on that site, building a great, which today is in the center of.

This legendary vision is pictured on the. Is raising up the skies of the, one of the four directions of the world, surrounded by their respective trees, temples, patterns and divination symbols.According to legend, when the Mexica arrived in the Anahuac valley around, they were considered by the other groups as the least civilized of all, but the Mexica/Aztec decided to learn, and they took all they could from other people, especially from the ancient (whom they seem to have partially confused with the more ancient civilization of ). To the Aztec, the Toltec were the originators of all culture; ' was a synonym for culture. Aztec legends identify the Toltecs and the cult of with the legendary city of, which they also identified with the more ancient Teotihuacan.Because the Aztec adopted and combined several traditions with their own earlier traditions, they had several.

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One of these, the describes four great ages preceding the present world, each of which ended in a catastrophe, and 'were named in function of the force or divine element that violently put an end to each one of them'. Was the mother of ('Four Hundred Southerners'), her sons, and, her daughter. She found a ball filled with feathers and placed it in her waistband, becoming pregnant with. Her other children became suspicious as to the identity of the father and vowed to kill their mother. She gave birth on Mount Coatepec, pursued by her children, but the newborn Huitzilopochtli defeated most of his brothers, who became the stars. He also killed his half-sister by tearing out her heart using a (a blue snake) and throwing her body down the mountain.

This was said to inspire the Aztecs to rip the hearts out of their human sacrifices and throw their bodies down the sides of the temple dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, who represents the sun chasing away the stars at dawn.Our age ( Nahui-Ollin), the, or fifth creation, began in the ancient city of Teotihuacan. According to the myth, all the gods had gathered to sacrifice themselves and create a new age. Although the world and the sun had already been created, it would only be through their sacrifice that the sun would be set into motion and time as well as history could begin. The most handsome and strongest of the gods, was supposed to sacrifice himself but when it came time to self-immolate, he could not jump into the fire. Instead, the smallest and humblest of the gods, who was also covered in boils, sacrificed himself first and jumped into the flames.

The sun was set into motion with his sacrifice and time began. Humiliated by Nanahuatl's sacrifice, Tecuciztecatl too leaped into the fire and became the moon. Pantheon. Patterns of Merchants; (1a), (1b), (2a), (2b), (3a), (3b). Water deities., god of rain and lightning and thunder.

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i-Pathways: Learning Pathways in Adult Education

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