Tenochtitlan Symbols

In addition to sacrifices, religion even influenced the indigeneous peoples' geographic location. Most of us are familiar with the image that is on the Mexican flag; it is an eagle standing on a cactus, eating a snake. Huitzilopotchli, who was the leader of his people was told to leave Aztlan and travel south until he found a symbol to settle down. As he was traveling, he found an eagle on a cactus eating a snake and decided that that was the sign he was looking for; so he settled down. That now-famous image became the central symbol on the Mexican flag. This was symbolic to them because the eagle represented the sky or heaven, the cactus represented the underworld, and the snake represented the ground. In addition, the bird eating the snake on the cactus also represented duality, the coexistence of natural elements, as it fused together the bird which represented the sky, and the snake which represented the ground. Duality was important because it represented the stability and equality of everything(Covarrubias 2012). The stone of the fifth sun, also known as the “Aztec Calendar”, is a widely known symbol. However, what is not widely known is that the stone of the fifth sun is actually a religious reminder created by the Mechica/Aztecs. The four squares represent earth, fire, wind and water; and also represent the four previous suns. The two faces in the stone of the fifth sun appear

The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th century. They were a civilization with a rich mythology and cultural heritage. Their capital was Tenochtitlan on the shore of Lake Texcoco. From their magnificent capital city, Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs emerged as the dominant force in central Mexico, developing an intricate religious.

     According to the famous legend, the Aztecs finally settled at a spot where an eagle sat upon a cactus eating a snake. This was a sign foretold by their patron god. The sign, found by the priests, finally appeared on a small island in Lake Texcoco. By 1325, on the island, the Aztecs built a temple to Huitziposhtli and began to construct the city of Tenochtitlan, the "Place of Prickly Pear Cactus Fruit." Over the next 200 years, the city slowly became one of the largest and most powerful cities of the world, and was the giant heart of the Aztecs Empire .

This artifact is in Libon. This statue is dedicated to Henry the Navigator. He sent a lot of people to go discover parts of the new world. Because of Henry the Navigator, Portugal conquered Brazil. He was very important to Portugal and the exploration era.

The first reason that best explains why Tenochtitlan fell is manipulation because the Aztecs thought Cortes was their god but he wasn’t. Cortes manipulated the Aztecs for they can think he is their god and let him inside the empire. This was clear in document 1 when it states “For a while, the Aztecs saw Cortés as the reincarnation of their god Quetzalcoatl, a fact which Cortés used to great advantage.” (Anglin & Hamblin, 1993). This evidence shows how Cortes used Aztecs belief to his advantage. The Aztecs were so shocked that they didn’t fight back. This allowed Cortes to strengthen his position to better take over. This is important to our understanding of how Tenochtitlan fell because If Cortes hadn’t manipulated the Aztec belief and pretended

I think this statue is meant to show Cincinnatus’ victory and short dictatorship over Rome as well as his first attachment to his farm. The statue is trying to convey a message of being a hard-working leader and citizen. The ax in one hand symbolizes his power he has as the dictator, and he may be holding it out as a symbol of handing down his powers, while his other hand holds a plow, which attaches him to his farm. Cincinnatus’ legacy is meant to show that a true, loyal citizen won’t let anything stop him from helping his city when needed. I believe the intended audience of this statue is whoever needs a reminder and an example to live by to be an upright, loyal

Most agree though, that it offers a graphic representation of the Mexica cosmos’ (Palfrey). In The Aztecs, Smith sums up what is to be believed the thought of the Aztecs when they carved the calendar stone “The Aztec calendar stone conveyed the message that the Aztec empire covered the whole earth (territory in all four directions), and that it was founded upon the sacred principles of time, directionality, divine warfare, and the sanction of the gods” (Smith 270). Keeping the Aztec calendar is proof of ancient cultures mathematical and scientific achievements without the aid of modern technology. The study of the sun stone could lead to further advances in mathematics and acts as a road map to our celestial bodies from that era of our history.

In the most basic sense, the increasing size and grandeur of the temple reflected the growing power of the empire, until its fall at the hands of the Spaniards. But a religious reason also reinforced the construction of the Templo Mayor and its significance in the Aztec empire. The Aztec creation story, greatly condensed, included the creation the deities of death, the heavens, the waters, and the alligator-fish Cipactli at the hands of the gods Huitzilopochtli and Quetzalcoatl. From Cipactli, the earth, or Cemanahuac, was formed. Aztec myth also states that Tenochtitlan was founded after early Mexica-Aztecs saw an eagle with a bird in its talons standing above a prickly pear cactus. The eagle was a representation of Huitzilopochtli, their main god. Connecting these two legends, the Aztecs called their capital, Tenochtitlan, Cemanahuac as well, to express their belief that they too were at the center of the universe like earth. To further imitate the universe, which was divided into four parts in Aztec myth, Tenochitlan was dived into four as well. Beginning from the Templo Mayor, which was the city’s center, four lines divided the city into north, south, west, and east barrios. By using Tenochitlan, and even more directly, the Templo Mayor, the Aztec empire declared that they were the chosen-people of the

Geography- Tenochtitlan(where they settled) was swampy, so they built Chinampas (floating garden)for vegetation.Tenochtitlan was surrounded by mountains which gave the aztecs the protection, but on the other hand it also caused problems:

Starting in 1910, the Mexican Revolution was a cry for democracy, a trust in all people, including Native Americans, to be able to run the country with the white upper-class. As the dictator of the time, Porfirio Díaz had treated the native population unfairly. In justification of suppressing them, he has said that “they are accustomed to look to those in authority for leadership instead of thinking for themselves” (___133). In the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution, there was a need to see Mexico not as an extension of Spain as a former colony, but as a country that has what Spain has not: the strength of former great empires, including that of the Aztecs. With a changing attitude on pre-Columbian times, the statue of Coatlicue was also re-evaluated. No longer was the goddess seen as a symbol of savagery, but one of strength, strength of the descendants of a powerful society with a rich culture. People began to recognize that Coatlicue could not be compared to a Greek goddess and neither could their statues. Instead of reasoning that this was because Greek culture was superior, the context of the situation compelled people to reason that this was because Aztec culture was superior. For instance, there were justifications that Aztec art represented the true motivations for creating art and others that embraced the sacrificial elements of Coatlicue as part of the statue’s

It was a powerful, political and religious city housing great temples and pyramids divided into 4 quadrants. The largest of these temples was by far the Templo Mayor or Great Pyramid stood at the centre of Tenochtitlan. Standing at 90 feet high it consisted of two step-pyramids side by side and a smaller pyramid specifically devoted to Quetzalcoatl (feathered serpent god). Over the course of around 200 years starting in 1325, the Templo Mayor was reconstructed seven times due to new leaders ruling Tenochtitlan. These pyramids represented two mountains that were sacred to the Aztecs, Tonacatepetl and Hill of Coatepec. Tonacatepetl or Hill of Sustenance’s main deity was Tlaloc (god of fertility and water). The Hill of Coatepec was the birthplace of Huitzilopochtli. This is important, as Huitzilopochtli was the Aztec god of war, sun and most importantly human sacrifice; he was also patron of Tenochtitlan. The combination of these gods on Templo Mayor represents atl-tlachinolli meaning burnt water, which indicated warfare helping the Aztecs to acquire power and wealth. Both of these temples had structures atop of each pyramid showing images of the two gods, accessed by balustrades with carved serpents at their base. These statues and pyramids show us that religion played a tremendous role in Aztec

Mexico has legends well former landforms. These legends well former landforms were there when the Aztecs live. Aztecs lived in the mountains of Popo and Ixtl. Tenochtitlan was the true city of Mexico before Mexico City. The former Aztec city was destroyed technically Tenochtitlan is gone now.

The statue is a Roman reproduction of a Greek work. It shows Venus, the goddess of love, standing bare-breasted and clutching a piece of cloth draped around her hips. At her feet, there is a dolphin that, practically, adds support to the piece and artistically makes an allusion to Venus's birth from the sea. As the notes from the Getty Museum explain, the statue is derived from a very popular Greek statue created by the sculptor Praxiteles around 350 B.C. The statue was so popular that it was copied by many artists.

I believe that the Legend of the Foundation of Tenochtitlan reveals about the culture that created it, is that the people highly believed in the gods they worshipped. These people didn’t hesitate on the orders given the by the god, Huitzilopochtli, they had complete trust on him. Also, they were very dedicated people and had amazing will power. After many years of traveling and not finding anything, they continued to keep searching and giving up didn’t seem like an option to them. Once they did find the eagle on the cactus eating the snake, in minimal time they were able to build the empire that controlled most of Mesoamerica.

It is a very large piece made from Limestone. Limestone is a sedimentary rock which means it is formed by the accumulation of sediments, and it is very hard. The statue itself is not very detailed and is pretty simplistic. It is a statue of a human body. The statue is 71 in. (180.4 cm) which is