Huitzilopochtli

American  

[wee-tsee-loh-pohch-tlee] / ˌwi tsi loʊˈpoʊtʃ tli /

Or Uitzilopochtli

noun

1. the Aztec god of war and of the sun.

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Etymology

Origin of Huitzilopochtli

< Nahuatl Huītzilōpōchtli, equivalent to huītzil ( in ) hummingbird + ōpōchtli left-hand side

Example Sentences

But the Indigenous population already celebrated a holiday around the same time to honor the god of war, Huitzilopochtli.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Worshiped alongside the sun god Huitzilopochtli in the great Aztec temple, Tlāloc was portrayed as both fearsome and beautiful with royal blue skin, circular eyes made of serpents and thick red fangs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2023

Almost all agrarian societies independently venerated the Sun in their pantheon of gods at one time or another – there was the Sol of the Norse, the Aztec Huitzilopochtli, the Greek Helios.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2022

In Aztec mythology, Tezkatlipoka is the brother of Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli and Xipe Totec – all of whom appear to be invoked in the chant.

From Fox News • Sep. 29, 2021

The Mexica lived during the Fifth Sun, when the sun was identified with Huitzilopochtli.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann