Huitzilopochtli
or Ui·tzi·lo·poch·tli
[ wee-tsee-loh-pohch-tlee ]
noun
the Aztec god of war and of the sun.
Origin of Huitzilopochtli
1<Nahuatl Huītzilōpōchtli, equivalent to huītzil(in) hummingbird + ōpōchtli left-hand side
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How to use Huitzilopochtli in a sentence
Quetzalcoatl, born of a virgin; Uitzilopochtli (ball of feathers falls from heaven into his mother's breast).
An Introduction to Mythology | Lewis SpenceThe Mexican Uitzilopochtli, too, was regarded as a patron of agriculture.
An Introduction to Mythology | Lewis SpenceTo sum up: Uitzilopochtli was a derivative form or determination of the Sun, and specifically of the Sun of the fair season.
Uitzilopochtli would die with the verdure, the flowers and all the beauteous adornments of spring and summer.
And this is why Tezcatlipoca, the god of the cold and dry season, rather than Uitzilopochtli, is his personal enemy.
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