The Mexica (Nahuatl: Mēxihcah, Nahuatl pronunciation: [meːˈʃiʔkaḁ] ; singular Mēxihcātl) were a Nahuatl-speaking people of the Valley of Mexico who were...

small tributary empire with Mexica assistance. The Mexica ruler was not recognized as a legitimate king until this point. Mexica leaders successfully petitioned...

city-states established in 1427: Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Mexica or Tenochca, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan, previously part of the Tepanec empire...

geography (water, boats, floating gardens) of the Mexica capital. Tenochtitlan was one of two Mexica āltepētl (city-states or polities) on the island,...

worshiped by priests in Tenochtitlan, particularly Tlaloc and the god of the Mexica, Huitzilopochtli, whose shrines were located on Templo Mayor. Their priests...

are different accounts of their origin. In the myth, the ancestors of the Mexica/Aztec came from a place in the north called Aztlan, the last of seven nahuatlacas...

post-classic Mexica sculpture housed in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, and is perhaps the most famous work of Mexica sculpture. It...

Moctezuma II, was the ninth Emperor of the Aztec Empire (also known as the Mexica Empire), reigning from 1502 or 1503 to 1520. Through his marriage with Queen...

The Aztec or Mexica calendar is the calendrical system used by the Aztecs as well as other Pre-Columbian peoples of central Mexico. It is one of the Mesoamerican...

for a long time were attributed to the Mexica or Maya. The Mixtecs of pre-Hispanic times had an animist religion. According to the information that has...

warfare, direct combat, and the spread of disease. From 1375 until 1428, the Mexica were a tributary of Azcapotzalco. The Aztec rulers Acamapichtli, Huitzilihuitl...

of the Mexica tribe. Originally, he was of little importance to the Nahuas, but after the rise of the Aztecs, Tlacaelel reformed their religion and put...

had either allied with or been conquered by the Mexica of Tenochtitlan, and rendered tribute to the Mexica while maintaining their internal ruling structures...

2019. "Religiones no cristianas en Costa Rica" (PDF). Prolades. 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2017. Solís, Alessandro (6 March 2016). "Religión a la carta:...

groups who participated in the migration from Aztlán to central Mexico, the Mexica who later founded Mexico-Tenochtitlan are mentioned in all of the accounts...

Coyolxāuhqui's other brother, Huitzilopochtli, the national deity of the Mexicas. In 1978, workers at an electric company accidentally discovered a large...

Slavery in the Aztec Empire and surrounding Mexica societies was widespread, with slaves known by the Nahuatl word, tlacotli. Slaves did not inherit their...

was the ruler of the city of Cempoala while it was under control of the Mexica Empire. He was known for his alliance with the Spanish captain Hernán Cortés...

Tlatelolca, were part of the Mexica, a Nahuatl-speaking people who arrived in what is now central Mexico in the 13th century. The Mexica settled on an island...

Anáhuac to refer to the country. This term, in Nahuatl, was used by the Mexica to refer to the territory they dominated. According to some linguists, it...

of the Mexica deities, who may have once been a gentle young Culhua princess promised in marriage to a Mexica prince. However, the chief Mexica god Huītzilōpōchtli...

Mayas, Zapotecs, Mixtecs, Huastecs, Purepecha, Toltecs, and Mexica/Aztecs. The Mexica civilization is also known as the Aztec Triple Alliance since...

of medieval times, and perhaps the wealthiest ever. In the Americas, the Mexica founded the city of Tenochtitlan, while the Mississippian mound city of...

Nahui Ollin is a concept in Aztec/Mexica cosmology with a variety of meanings. Nahui translates to "four" and Ollin translates to "movement" or "motion...

around the year 1200 CE. The Acolhua were a sister culture of the Aztecs (or Mexica) as well as the Tepanec, Chalca, Xochimilca and others. The most important...

AMOXTLI YAOXOCHIMEH. Religión prehispánica renace en el Siglo 21. Vanguardia, 2008. Waldman 231 Stewart, Omer C. Peyote Religion: A History. University...

dance of celebration and worship, was a traditional dance practiced by the Mexica people. As a pre-Hispanic tradition, it was a spiritual dance, deeply associated...

In Mexica mythology, the Centzon Tōtōchtin (Nahuatl pronunciation: [sent͡son toːˈtoːt͡ʃtin] "four-hundred rabbits"; also Centzontōtōchtin) are a group...

bestowed his daughter upon the Mexica for an intended marriage with one of the Mexica nobility; however the Mexica's guiding and chief deity Huitzilopochtli...

Calendar". World Digital Library. The Mexica Calendar and the Cronography. Rafael Tena. INAH-CONACULTA. 2008 p 82-83 The Mexica Calendar and the Cronography....