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2 unusual facts about Huitzilopochtli


Acamapichtli

He was crowned with even more pomp than before, at the altar of Huitzilopochtli.

Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquititzin

His arms included the indigenous symbol of Tenochtitlan — a prickly pear cactus growing out of a stone in the middle of a lake — which would centuries later feature in the coat of arms of Mexico, as well as an eagle that may represent Huitzilopochtli.


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New Fire ceremony

The first fires to be lit in this way were those at the twin temple Templo Mayor where the Tlatoani would participate, and later the fires at the Calmecac of Huitzilopochtli and subsequently the lesser temples and Calmecacs and Telpochcallis and lastly private households.


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