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Huītzilōpōchtli was also the sun god and founder deity of the Aztec people, guiding them to Tenochtitlan as a hummingbird, then as an eagle perched on a cactus. It was his demands for daily sustenance in the form of human sacrifices (tlaxcaltiliztli) that made the Aztec temples so bloody.
Love the choice of a red ink for the explanatory notes
Technically, the Mexican flag depicts the event of Huītzilōpōchtli perching on a cactus to indicate where to settle the city of Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City. It could just as easily have been a blood-soaked hummingbird.
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