This deity was so bright that soldiers could only see him from behind their shields, so the bravest warriors with the most arrow holes in their shields saw him best. This god fought the rebellion of his sister's son Copil and ordered that his heart be thrown into a lake, and this deity's attendant was Paynal. This god created the moon by killing his sister and throwing her head into the air. The Four (*) Hundred Southerners tried to kill this wielder of the Turquoise Serpent, who was often depicted as blue. This god was born when a ball of feathers impregnated his moth
This deity was so bright that soldiers could only see him from behind their shields, so the bravest warriors with the most arrow holes in their shields saw him best. This god fought the rebellion of his sister's son Copil and ordered that his heart be thrown into a lake, and this deity's attendant was Paynal. This god created the moon by killing his sister and throwing her head into the air. The Four (*) Hundred Southerners tried to kill this wielder of the Turquoise Serpent, who was often depicted as blue. This god was born when a ball of feathers impregnated his mother Coatlicue (co-at-LI-kway). This brother of Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl helped his people settle in a place where an eagle sat on a cactus, which later became Tenochtitlan. For 10 points, name this Aztec god of war and recipient of human sacrifices, who was represented as a hummingbird.
This deity was so bright that soldiers could only see him from behind their shields, so the bravest warriors with the most arrow holes in their shields saw him best.
Huitzilopochtli