 | Digital ID: cph 3b52253 Source: color film copy transparency, Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-743 (color film copy transparency) , LC-USZ62-43569 (b&w film copy neg.), |
TITLE: [Aztec priest performing the sacrificial offering of a living human's heart to the war god Huitzilopochtli]
CALL NUMBER: Illus. in F1219.C685 [General Collections], REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-743 (color film copy transparency), LC-USZ62-43569 (b&w film copy neg.), No known restrictions on publication. MEDIUM: 1 print. CREATED, PUBLISHED: 1904.
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NOTES: Illus. in: illum. ms repr. in Codex Magliabecchi, XIII, II, 3. 1904 ed. p. 70. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3b52253, hdl.loc.gov/cph.3b52253 , CARD #: 2002718926
Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, LC-USZC4-743]
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Huitzilopochtli, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Huitzilopochtli was a tribal god, and a legendary wizard of the Aztecs, and originally was of little importance to the Nahuas, but after the rise of the Aztecs, Tlacaelel reformed their religion and put Huitzilopochtli at the same level as Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc, and Tezcatlipoca, making him a solar god. So he replaced Nanahuatzin, the solar god from the Nahua legend, with Huitzilopochtli.
Huitzilopochtli was said to be in a constant struggle with the darkness, and required nourishment in the form of sacrifices to ensure the sun would survive the cycle of 52 years that was the basis of most Mesoamerican myths. While popular accounts claim it was necessary to have a daily sacrifice, sacrifices were only done in festive days. There were 18 festive days, and only one of them was dedicated to Huitzilopochtli.
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