Huitzilopochtli
Huitzilopochtli is the Aztec patron of the Mexica, the hummingbird of the south, born fully armed from his mother and killing his sister, who leads the people to their city and whose sun must be fed to keep rising. He is the god of a nation and of what nations do.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Sun
- Zodiac Affinity
- AriesLeoSagittarius
Offerings
- Offerings
- Autosacrifice bloodAmaranth doughCopal incensePaperQuailMaize
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Hummingbird of the SouthThe Left-Handed
- Gender Expression
- Masculine
- Titles
- Hummingbird of the SouthThe Sun of the MexicaThe War God
- Symbols
- HummingbirdXiuhcoatlTurquoise diademWar dart
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneTribal solarAddressHuitzilopochtliHummingbird of the SouthThe Sun of the MexicaRelationshipThe tribal sun that must be fed to keep risingWarningHe is the patron of a state and of what a state doesResonanceThose belonging to a people those who fight for one
- Modern Practice
Huitzilopochtli is honoured by the community rather than the individual, and the rite is recorded here without being endorsed. His practice, as the tradition held it, is the shared obligation kept.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- WarThe sunThe southThe tribeSacrificeConquestThe hummingbird
- Mythology Summary
Huitzilopochtli is the Aztec patron of the Mexica, the hummingbird of the south, born fully armed from his mother and killing his sister, who leads the people to their city and whose sun must be fed to keep rising. He is the god of a nation and of what nations do.
- Related Deities
- TezcatlipocaQuetzalcoatlTonatiuhTlalocMarduk
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