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Huitzilopochtli

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Hui·tzi·lo·poch·tli  (wts-l-pchtl)
n. Mythology
The tutelary deity of the Aztecs and a manifestation of the sun god Tezcatlipoca.

[Nahuatl : huizilin, hummingbird + opochtli, left-hand side.]


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Who today, he asked, worships Jupiter or Huitzilopochtli (who had 5,000 youths and maidens sacrificed to him just 500 years ago).
O desafio de casar-se com Cipriano, tornar-se a deusa Malintzi, a Primeira Mulher de Huitzilopochtli (o deus da guerra), caracteriza a aceitação, a realização do Eros reprimido que estivera, durante toda a sua vida, esquecido na parte mais profunda da sua psique.
 
 
 
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