Prior to a festival dedicated to this god, priests remained nude for eighty days while placing fir branches on the tops of mo
Prior to a festival dedicated to this god, priests remained nude for eighty days while placing fir branches on the tops of mountains, and the namesake objects of that festival were known as "objects for seeing" for their divination value. This god's quick speed was represented by his attendant Paynal. This god was considered young because, instead of stone, he was frequently depicted using amaranth dough, and he carried a fire serpent who is used as a lightning bolt. The dedicatee of the (*) Panquetzaliztli Festival, this god enveloped his four hundred brothers in clouds and created the Moon when he cut off the head of his sister, Coyolxauhqui. Along with Tlaloc, this god was the dedicatee of the Temple Mayor in Tenochtitlan. This deity supposedly burst from his mother's womb fully armed after that mother, Coatlicue, was impregnated by a ball of feathers. For 10 points, name this Aztec god of the sun and war who was known as the hummingbird god.
Prior to a festival dedicated to this god, priests remained nude for eighty days while placing fir branches on the tops of mountains, and the namesake objects of that festival were known as "objects for seeing" for their divination value.
Huitzilopochtli