 Represented as a fierce and warlike god, he is first seen in Early Postclassic art of the Pre-Columbian civilisation known as the Toltec.Tonatiuh's symbolic association with the eagle alludes to the Aztec belief of his journey as the present sun, travelling across the sky each day, where he descended in the west and ascended in the east.It was thought that his journey was sustained by the daily sacrifice of humans.