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Huitzilopochtli
In the Aztec religion, Huitzilopochtli (), is a Mesoamerican deity of war, sun, human sacrifice and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan. He was also the national god of the Mexicas, also known as Aztecs, of Tenochtitlan. Many in the pantheon of deities of the Aztecs were inclined to have a fondness for a particular aspect of warfare. However, Huitzilopochtli was known as the primary god of war in ancient Mexico. Since he was the patron god of the Mexica, he was credited with both the victories and defeats that the Mexica people had on the battlefield. It is important to remember that the defeat of their patron deity meant the defeat of his people. This is one of the many reasons why they were concerned with providing exquisite tribute and food for him. Not only was it important for him to survive his battles, but the fate of the Mexica people would have rested in the victory of Huitzilopochtli.
==Etymology==
The name literally means something like "Hummingbird('s) South" or "Hummingbird('s) Left", yet it has commonly been translated as "Southern hummingbird"〔aunque el término ha sido traducido habitualmente como 'colibrí zurdo' o 'colibrí del sur', existe desacuerdo entorno al significado ya que el ''ōpōchtli'' 'parte izquierda' es el modificado y no el modificador por estar a la derecha, por lo que la traducción literal sería 'parte izquierda de colibrí', ver por ejemplo, F. Karttunen (1983), p. 91〕 or "left-handed hummingbird". Despite the popularity of these latter interpretations, Huitzilopochtli's name most probably does ''not'' mean "left-handed/southern hummingbird" considering that the Classical Nahuatl ''huītzilin'' ("hummingbird") is the modifier of ''ōpōchtli'' ("left-hand side") in this compound rather than the reverse;〔In Nahuatl, as in English, compound nouns are composed of a head ''preceded'' by modifying nominals, and thus ''Huītzilōpōchtli'' does not mean "Hummingbird of the South/Left" any more than the English word "hummingbird" means "humming of the bird".〕 there continues to be much disagreement as to the full meaning of this name.
In the ''tlaxotecuyotl'', a hymn sung in reverence to Huitzilopotchtli, he is referred to as: the Dart-Hurler, the divine hurler, and a terror to the Mixteca.
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