Huitzilopochtli

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English

Huitzilopochtli as depicted in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis.
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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Huitzilopochtli, from a Nahuatl language; compare Classical Nahuatl Huitzilopochtli.

Proper noun

Huitzilopochtli

  1. An important god of the Mexica.
    • 1578, Thomas Nicholas, transl., The Pleasant Historie of the Conquest of the VVeast India, London: Henry Bynneman, translation of Historia general de las Indias by Francisco López de Gómara, page 78:
      after Sacrifice made to the Goddes of warre, called Tezcatlipuca and Vitzilopuchtli of their carkaſſes, then is theyr fleſhe eaten in banquet
    • 1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes, volume 3, London: William Stansby, page 1002:
      They did worſhip the Idoll Vitzliputzli, the Deuill that was in this Idoll ſpake, and gouerned this Nation eaſily.

Classical Nahuatl

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Etymology

From huītzilin (hummingbird) +‎ ōpōchtli (left, left-hand side), literally “hummingbird's left”, or perhaps “hummingbird's south”.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Huītzilōpōchtli anim

  1. (he is) the hummingbird's left side; the god Huitzilopochtli.
    • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, first book
      Vitzilubuchtli: çan maceoalli, çan tlacatl catca: naoalli, tetzaujtl, atlacacemelle, teixcuepaj: quijiocoianj in iaoiutl, iaotecanj, iaotlatoanj:
    • 17C: Crónica Mexicayotl
      auh yntlapial catca quitlatlauhtiaya quiteomatia yn aquin quitocayotiaya tetzahuitl huitzilopochtli.

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