Coatlicue vs Huitzilopochtli

Earth mother goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Huitzilopochtli. Depicted wearing a skirt of writhing serpents and a necklace of human hearts and hands.

While sweeping a temple on Coatepec, a ball of feathers fell on her and she became miraculously pregnant with Huitzilopochtli. Her other children plotted to kill her, but Huitzilopochtli was born fully armed and defended her.

Coatlicue, meaning "She of the Serpent Skirt," was the primordial **earth mother goddess** of the Aztecs, embodying both the terror and the nurturing power of the earth itself. Her famous statue in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City depicts her with a skirt of writhing serpents, a necklace of human hearts, hands, and skulls, clawed feet, and two serpent heads forming her face - representing the duality of life and death.

The patron god of the Aztecs and Tenochtitlan. A solar warrior who requires blood sacrifice to battle the infinite night and keep the sun moving.

Born fully armed from his mother Coatlicue to defend her from his 400 siblings who plotted to kill her. He slew them and drove them away.

Huitzilopochtli was the **supreme deity of the Aztecs**, the divine patron of their empire, and the god who guided them from their mythical homeland of Aztlan to found the great city of **Tenochtitlan**. His name means "Hummingbird of the Left (South)" - the hummingbird symbolizing the souls of fallen warriors who accompanied the sun across the sky.