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ID: 901001410
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001410
Record Type: Character/Person

Huitzilopochtli (teotl, Nahua deity)

Note: ENGLISH: Aztec Mexica sun and war god deity, one of the two principal deities of Aztec Mexica religion, often represented in art as either a hummingbird or an eagle. SPANISH: Deidad Mexica del sol y de la guerra, una de las dos deidades principales de la religión Mexica, a menudo representado en el arte como un colibrí o un águila. HUASTECAN: Totiotzin Mexica tlen tonatiuh huan tlahuilantli, ce totiotzin tlen quitechtiah ipan tlaneltoquilli Mexica, nochipa quipannextihtoqueh ipan ce arte tlen quence huitzitzilli zo cuauhtli.

Names:
Huitzilopochtli (teotl, Nahua deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Huitzilopochtli (teotl, Nahua deity) (Classical Nahuatl-P,D,N)
Huitzilopochtli (teotl, Nahua deity) (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl-P,D,N)
Huitzilopochtli (teotl, Nahua deity) (Spanish-P,D,N)
Uitzilopochtli (Nahua deity) (Classical Nahuatl,U,N)
Uitzilobuchtli (Nahua deity) (Classical Nahuatl,U,N)
Ujtzilobuchtli (Nahua deity) (Classical Nahuatl-P,U,N)
Vitzilubuchtli (Nahua deity) (Classical Nahuatl-P,U,N)
Vitzilopuchtli (Nahua deity) (Classical Nahuatl-P,U,N)
Vitzilobuchtli (Nahua deity) (Classical Nahuatl,U,N)
Xiuhpilli (Nahua deity) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Nahua iconography> (P)
............<Nahua characters> (P)
................Huitzilopochtli (teotl, Nahua deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
child of .... Coatlicue
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Aztec iconography, Aztec characters, Coatlicue (Aztec deity)) [901002062]
sibling of .... Coyolxauhqui
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Aztec iconography, Aztec characters, Coyolxauhqui (Aztec deity)) [901002060]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... war
.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
takes the form of .... hummingbird
.....(Apodiformes (order), Aves (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
takes the form of .... eagle (bird)
.....(Accipitridae (family), Falconiformes (order), Aves (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
located in .... Aztec Empire
.....(Mexico, North and Central America) (TGN)
affiliated/associated with .... Toxcatl
.....(Nahua festivals, festivals, celebrations, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Nahua (style or culture)
.....(Native Central Mexican styles, Native Middle American, Native American, Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Aztec (culture or style)
.....(Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles, Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles and periods, Mesoamerican regional styles and periods, Mesoamerican, Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Huitzilopochtli (teotl, Nahua deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Lockhart 1993 52
Uitzilopochtli (Nahua deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Brylak et al 2020 393
Uitzilobuchtli (Nahua deity)
................Sahagún 2012 (IX) 4
Ujtzilobuchtli (Nahua deity)
................Sahagún 2012 (VIII) 72
Vitzilubuchtli (Nahua deity)
................Sahagún 2012 (I) 1
................Lockhart 1993 52
Vitzilopuchtli (Nahua deity)
................Sahagún 2012 (II) 71
Vitzilobuchtli (Nahua deity)
................Sahagún 2012 (I) 67
Xiuhpilli (Nahua deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Berdan, Aztec Archaeology and Etnohistory (2014)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Huitzilopochtli," accessed 16 June 2017
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huitzilopochtli#/media/File:Huitzilopochtli_human.jpg
................ GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-) FCIA010

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