Il était aussi le dieu national des Mexicas de Tenochtitlan.
Dans la mythologie aztèque, Huitzilopochtli, aussi appelé Uitzilopochtli, -LRB- '' Hummingbird of the South '', '' He of the South '', '' Hummingbird on the Left -LRB- South -RRB- '', or '' Left-Handed Humming Bird '' -- huitzilin is the Nahuatl word for hummingbird, was a god of war, a sun god, and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan.