Tovar Codex, Ahuitzotl, 8th Tlatoani, Aztec Ruler
Auitzotl is represented by the auitzotl, a kind of spiny rat or otter that lived in the lake upon which Tenochtitlan was built. To ancient Mexicans, it was a fearful mythological creature, which existed to trap men for the rain god, Tlaloc. Ahuitzotl was the eighth Aztec ruler (1486-1502), the Hueyi Tlatoani of the city of Tenochtitlan. The greatest known military leader of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, Ahuizotl began his reign by suppressing a Huastec rebellion, and then swiftly more than doubled the size of lands under Aztec dominance. He conquered the Mixtec, Zapotec, and other peoples from Pacific Coast of Mexico down to the western part of Guatemala. Ahuizotl also supervised a major rebuilding of Tenochtitlan on a grander scale including the expansion of the Great Pyramid (Templo Mayor). The Tovar Codex (16th century) contains detailed information about the rites and ceremonies of the Aztecs. Illustration taken from a 19th century transcript of Juan de Tovar's Historia de la benida de los yndios apoblar a Mexico (the Co´dice Tovar).
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