Aztec
Aztec
Aztec (Aztecatl) is the Nahuatl word for "people from Aztlan, " a mythical place for the culture of the Nahuatl language of the time, and later adopted as a word to describe the Mexica people. Often, the term "Aztec" refers exclusively to the Mexica people of Tenochtitlan "now the site of Mexico City", located on an island in Lake Texcoco, who saw themselves as Mexica or Tenochca Colhua-Mexica.
Aztec (Aztecatl) is the Nahuatl word for "people from Aztlan, " a mythical place for the culture of the Nahuatl language of the time, and later adopted as a word to describe the Mexica people. Often, the term "Aztec" refers exclusively to the Mexica people of Tenochtitlan "now the site of Mexico City", located on an island in Lake Texcoco, who saw themselves as Mexica or Tenochca Colhua-Mexica.
Aztec Tribe
The Tribe Aztecs incorporate some traditions are mixed with their own traditions. Therefore, they have several creation myths, one of them describing the time before the world for four years now, which ended in disaster. The fifth era is preserved because of the sacrifice of heroes in the sun. This tale is associated with the old city of Teotihuacan, which was destroyed when the Aztec arrived. Other myths describe the world as the creation of twin gods, Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl. Tezcatlipoca lost his foot in the process of creating the world and all these images represent the god Tezcatlipoca, without revealing legs and bones. Quetzalcoatl was also known as the White Tezcatlipoca.Aztec
is
one
of several cultures,
generally
referred to as
"Nahua"
follow
their
own language.
When
the
Aztecs
in the
Valley
of
Anahuac,
Nahua
they
regarded
by others as
less
civilized, they
decide
to learn,
and
to
other families,
they
learned a lot
from an old
Toltec
(which
is
often
confused
with
the ancient
culture of
Teotihuacan.
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