Huitzilopochtli

[ wee-tsee-loh-pohch-tlee ]

noun

Origin of Huitzilopochtli

<Nahuatl Huītzilōpōchtli, equivalent to huītzil(in) hummingbird + ōpōchtli left-hand side

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Almost taking a ritualistic route, such courts were usually among the first structures to be established by the Aztecs in the conquered city-states, after they had erected a temple dedicated to Huitzilopochtli.
History of the Aztec Warriors: The Grim Fighters of Mexico | Dattatreya Mandal | June 20, 2022 | Realm of History
Take Huitzilopochtli, the typically tongue-twisting Aztec name of an old hummingbird god.
Mexico City’s Magical Moment of Resurgence | Condé Nast Traveler | February 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The bloody followers of Huitzilopochtli were driven from their homes, and the allies their bravery had gained were lost to them.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 | Hubert Howe Bancroft
Tizoc also completed in 1483 the grand temple of Huitzilopochtli at Mexico, on which his predecessors had expended so much labor.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 | Hubert Howe Bancroft
The services of the followers of Huitzilopochtli were always in demand when there was fighting to be done.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 | Hubert Howe Bancroft

With the exception of the Regimiento de Huitzilopochtli, which is at present at Acauhtzin and has doubtless embraced his cause.
The Harlequin Opal, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Fergus Hume
Huitzilopochtli was the principal tribal deity of the Aztecs.
The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru | Lewis Spence

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