Huitzilopochtli
c. 1300 CE – 1550 CEattested
Tenochtitlan
- Mesoamerican
Sun and war god of the Mexica, born fully armed to fight four hundred siblings at once. His temple shared the summit of the Templo Mayor with Tláloc. War and rain, side by side.
Known for
- the hummingbird of the south
- born fighting
- fed by human hearts
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.