Huitzilopochtli is the deity of sun and war, one of the two main gods of the Aztec religion. What animal is he depicted as in art?

The name Huitzilopochtli is derived from the Nahuatl words “huitzilin,” meaning “hummingbird,” and “opochtli,” meaning "left." The Aztecs believed that deceased soldiers were reborn as hummingbirds. On the other hand, they considered the southern hemisphere as the left half of the globe. In this sense, the name “Huitzilopochtli” means “resurrected warrior of the south,” hence its depiction as a hummingbird in art.

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