The Aztec civilization was deeply spiritual ... Huitzilopochtli, and Tezcatlipoca. Rituals, including human sacrifices, played a crucial role in maintaining cosmic order and ensuring the sun's ...

In addition to Dee’s mirror, they studied two other Aztec mirrors and a rectangular ... “They’re shown particularly in drawings of the god Tezcatlipoca, in place of a missing foot, or ...

Tezcatlipoca, which means "smoking mirror," is the Aztec god of judgment, the Earth, divination, sorcery and the night. Although he is portrayed as the "invisible god," he is frequently depicted ...

These objects were associated with the god Tezcatlipoca (literally “smoking ... mined for obsidian during the period that it was under Aztec control. ADVERTISEMENT Though rock mirrors date ...

Neither Aztec nor Nahua describe a single group of ... In this binary form, Ometeotl produced four sons, Huitzilopochtli, Quetzalcoatl, Tezcatlipoca, and Xipe Totec. Each of them was associated ...

we know that the Aztec themselves also placed great ritual importance on these objects. Obsidian mirrors were closely associated with the deity Tezcatlipoca, whose name translates as “Smoking ...

There was now no turning back. Mosaic mask of turquoise and lignite covers a human skull and represents an Aztec god, Tezcatlipoca. Photograph by ERICH LESSING/ALBUM Cortés had a talent for ...

Furious, Tezcatlipoca roared, "Tell them they shall come! The ruler of the universe demands they come!" And then, from the deepest depths of the universe, he called up a violent storm.

On May 22, 1520, Spanish forces attacked the Great Temple of Tenochtitlán during a religious service—called the Ceremony of Tóxcatl—dedicated to the Aztec gods Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli.