 The image is clear.The Templo Mayor is the image of Coatepec or Serpent Mountain where the divine battle took place.Just as Huitzilopochtli triumphed at the top of the mountain, while his sister was dismembered and fell to pieces below, so Huitzilopochtli's temple and icon sat triumphantly at the top of the Templo Mayor while the carving of the dismembered goddess lay far below.