Huitzilopochtli, patron god of the Aztecs and capital city Tenochtitlan. Solar and war deity of sacrifice, wielding Xiuhcoatl, the fire serpent.

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Huitzilopochtli, patron god of the Aztecs and capital city Tenochtitlan. Solar and war deity of sacrifice, wielding Xiuhcoatl, the fire serpent, as weapon, as he is depicted in the Codex Borbonicus.

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