Huitzilopochtli

<div style="background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, black 20%, #EA900E 80%); background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,black), color-stop(100%, #EA900E)); background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, black 0%, #EA900E 100%); background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, black 0%, #EA900E 100%); background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, black 0%, #EA900E 100%); margin:5px 0 10px 0; padding:10px; border:2px solid white; border-radius:25px; font-size:130%; color:#FFF; text-shadow:1px 1px 4px #000; padding:10px"> Huitzilopochtli was an Aztec god of war, sun, human sacrifice, and thepatron of the city of Tenochtitlan. He was also the national god of the Mexicas, also known as Aztecs, of Tenochtitlan. Many in the pantheon of deities of the Aztecs were inclined to have a fondness for a particular aspect of warfare. However, Huitzilopochtli was known as the primary god of war in ancient Mexico.

He wielded Xiuhcoatl as a weapon, associating him with fire. The name means "Hummingbird('s) South" or "Hummingbird('s) Left", yet it has commonly been translated as "Southern hummingbird" or "left-handed hummingbird". The discrepancy between "left" and "south" in translation stems from the Aztec belief that the south was the left side of the world. In the tlaxotecuyotl, a hymn sung in reverence to Huitzilopotchtli, he is referred to as: the Dart-Hurler, the divine hurler, and a terror to the Mixteca.