The month of Panquetzaliztli, roughly equivalent to December, was devoted to this deity who was celebrated with the consumption of amaranth.
The month of Panquetzaliztli, roughly equivalent to December, was devoted to this deity who was celebrated with the consumption of amaranth. Often accompanied by his messenger Paynal, according to another myth his ejaculate created the first bat. His sister was Malinalxochi, who ruled over scorpions and snakes, and he was sometimes called Mextli. Patron of the city of Tenochtitlan, he was born of the union between Mixcoatl and Coatlicue as a ball of feathers, and he would later kill most of his brothers and sisters. For ten points, name this Aztec god of war who was often represented as a hummingbird.
The month of Panquetzaliztli, roughly equivalent to December, was devoted to this deity who was celebrated with the consumption of amaranth.
{Huitzilopochtli}