Discover the myth of how the weak and pimply Aztec god Nanahuatl sacrificed himself to become Lord Sun and created a new world.

John Hitchcock graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in film studies and previously wrote on his own blog. He also specializes in nature and virtual photography and does art in Source ...

This important Aztec god embodied both the rising sun and the martial vigor needed to sustain it. Born fully armed atop the sacred Coatepec mountain, his daily triumph over darkness symbolized the sun ...

NMAI copy 39088019917616 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema. Contents The world, the heavens, and time -- Creation and the role of paradise -- The quality of the numinous -- Tezcatlipoca ...