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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.

Codex Tudela., showing human sacrifices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%C4%ABtzil%C5%8Dp%C5%8Dchtli#/media/File:Kodeks_tudela_21.jpg
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Love the choice of a red ink for the explanatory notes

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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.

The Mexican flag from some random website.
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