I grew up in the Highlands of Jalisco México and the name of my town is Jalostitlan I never realized how hard these words were to pronounce until I came to the US and people couldn't pronounce them 😅
My family is also from Los Altos de Jalisco. We r near a town close to Lagos de Moreno. My grandma was raised in Lagos, it's a beautiful little city. Those Native named towns r difficult to pronounce with the TL sound. I noticed bc my kids had difficulty with it, but must be in our blood, bc before we left for home, they had nailed it!
Wait hold on. I was told that the daily practice of killing for the war god was a myth. Don’t quote me but apparently these rituals where done only on specific times of the year because they believed that in special lunar days or eclipses or sun solstice that these rituals would be most strongest in those times and they where for specific reason as we appease the gods for their don (god given gifts).
Yeah. I've been told the same belief/conception, *but* the highest number of skulls in a skull rack found in Tenochtitlan was 600+. (those skulls are the human sacrifices BTW) So, let's say, for the sake of argument, that they had 100 of these 600 skull racks, and let's say times 30 for the number of cities in the empire that may or may not practice sacrifice: that really doesn't add up to the *tens of thousands YEARLY* as some accounts/estimates put it; keep in mind that the Aztec empire existed for almost 200 years, so 20,000 times, let's say 100 for steelmaning purposes, is still way more than reality. It doesn't help that human sacrifice had been practiced *throughout Mesoamerica, way before the Mexica even arived* in what is now central Mexico. (that means way before the Aztec empire was even a thing BTW) As well as this: the Aztecs weren't the only civilization in Mesoamerica that existed and practiced such thing. tl;dr I think archaeological evidence suggests that those accounts/claims (about how much were sacrificed) are mere exaggeration, it at least paints a different picture than what popular belief tells us.
Well said. What is certain is that Spaniards slaughtered half a million indigenous peoples. It's strange to read the statement, "We stopped human sacrifice, and only had to kill 500,000 people to do it". Sounds like the colonizers were most guilty of human sacrifice. @regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk
I think they are hard to pronouce because they are were filtered through Spanish ears and they wrote or at least tried to write them as close to what they heard. It may have been better to use the modern version of these names to where they simplify them better but everyone is used to Quetzalcoatl therefore ketsalcoatl looks strange.
If I recall correctly, Huitzilopochtli was the *patron god* of the Mexica, of Tenochtitlan. As you can imagine, different cities of the Aztec empire had their own patron gods, as well as patron gods for different trades or classes. There's one god that's ubiquitous to a lot of Mesoamerican cultures throughout history: Quetzalcoatl, known as Kukulkan to the Maya.
I've never seen Maya and the tree so can't really give a fair comment but perhaps they are just loosely using the Aztec mythos. Check out my video on Mictlantecuhtli if you wanted to learn more about him!
I’m so glad I found your channel, mesoamerican mythology is so underrated
Glad you enjoyed it! More Mesoamerican stuff to come.
Dude this is fakse representation. He is also associated with war but not a god , the energy and will of a warrior
@@misaelmunozgarcia1579 It depends on what version you’re looking at. Every group had different views of the same god
its not a mythology. Our History is authentic. Huitzilopotli is Moses from the old testament.
@@Mexikhano369 Mesoamerica isn’t related to Anything in the bible lol
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I grew up in the Highlands of Jalisco México and the name of my town is Jalostitlan I never realized how hard these words were to pronounce until I came to the US and people couldn't pronounce them 😅
They definitely aren't the easiest to pronounce! Awesome deities though
My family is also from Los Altos de Jalisco. We r near a town close to Lagos de Moreno. My grandma was raised in Lagos, it's a beautiful little city. Those Native named towns r difficult to pronounce with the TL sound. I noticed bc my kids had difficulty with it, but must be in our blood, bc before we left for home, they had nailed it!
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#Huitzilopochitli, the God Of Sun☀️,
War🗡 & Blood🩸 for sacrifice.
I found it inder the name Huichilobos. Îs this the same god?
Yes, I believe that's another name that can be used
Huitzilopochtli as soon as he saw his men starting to integrate with other mexica's:
Wait hold on. I was told that the daily practice of killing for the war god was a myth. Don’t quote me but apparently these rituals where done only on specific times of the year because they believed that in special lunar days or eclipses or sun solstice that these rituals would be most strongest in those times and they where for specific reason as we appease the gods for their don (god given gifts).
It's possible you're right. Beauty of history is that you'll find different interpretations and tales based on the sources you come across!
Yeah. I've been told the same belief/conception, *but* the highest number of skulls in a skull rack found in Tenochtitlan was 600+. (those skulls are the human sacrifices BTW) So, let's say, for the sake of argument, that they had 100 of these 600 skull racks, and let's say times 30 for the number of cities in the empire that may or may not practice sacrifice: that really doesn't add up to the *tens of thousands YEARLY* as some accounts/estimates put it; keep in mind that the Aztec empire existed for almost 200 years, so 20,000 times, let's say 100 for steelmaning purposes, is still way more than reality.
It doesn't help that human sacrifice had been practiced *throughout Mesoamerica, way before the Mexica even arived* in what is now central Mexico. (that means way before the Aztec empire was even a thing BTW) As well as this: the Aztecs weren't the only civilization in Mesoamerica that existed and practiced such thing.
tl;dr I think archaeological evidence suggests that those accounts/claims (about how much were sacrificed) are mere exaggeration, it at least paints a different picture than what popular belief tells us.
"Mexica" is pronounced "meh-shee-ka" BTW
I heard that that was just propaganda used by the conquistadores to get the king on their side and agree to take native lands
Well said. What is certain is that Spaniards slaughtered half a million indigenous peoples. It's strange to read the statement, "We stopped human sacrifice, and only had to kill 500,000 people to do it". Sounds like the colonizers were most guilty of human sacrifice. @regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk
I think they are hard to pronouce because they are were filtered through Spanish ears and they wrote or at least tried to write them as close to what they heard. It may have been better to use the modern version of these names to where they simplify them better but everyone is used to Quetzalcoatl therefore ketsalcoatl looks strange.
Is this god the king of the aztec mythology
I wouldn't say the Aztec's had a "king" god like ancient Greece, however, Huitzilopochtli can definitely be considered a "supreme" deity and a leader.
If I recall correctly, Huitzilopochtli was the *patron god* of the Mexica, of Tenochtitlan. As you can imagine, different cities of the Aztec empire had their own patron gods, as well as patron gods for different trades or classes.
There's one god that's ubiquitous to a lot of Mesoamerican cultures throughout history: Quetzalcoatl, known as Kukulkan to the Maya.
Why is mictlantecuhtli the god of war in maya and the tree this is the real god of war
I've never seen Maya and the tree so can't really give a fair comment but perhaps they are just loosely using the Aztec mythos. Check out my video on Mictlantecuhtli if you wanted to learn more about him!