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The word Toyecnemiliztli means "The belief" in Nahuatl. Is one of the two main religions in the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs were originally one of the Nahua tribes and when they reached the Valley of Mexico, bringing their own beliefs and deities. The most important of their gods is Huitzilopochtli, whose name can be literally translated as left hummingbird, lefty hummingbird or hummingbird south; however, according to esoterism in Nahuatl language it can be translated as The Soul of the Warrior Who Comes From Heaven.

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  • The word Toyecnemiliztli means "The belief" in Nahuatl. Is one of the two main religions in the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs were originally one of the Nahua tribes and when they reached the Valley of Mexico, bringing their own beliefs and deities. The most important of their gods is Huitzilopochtli, whose name can be literally translated as left hummingbird, lefty hummingbird or hummingbird south; however, according to esoterism in Nahuatl language it can be translated as The Soul of the Warrior Who Comes From Heaven.
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  • The word Toyecnemiliztli means "The belief" in Nahuatl. Is one of the two main religions in the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs were originally one of the Nahua tribes and when they reached the Valley of Mexico, bringing their own beliefs and deities. The most important of their gods is Huitzilopochtli, whose name can be literally translated as left hummingbird, lefty hummingbird or hummingbird south; however, according to esoterism in Nahuatl language it can be translated as The Soul of the Warrior Who Comes From Heaven. Arriving at the Valley of Mexico or Anahuac Valley, the Aztecs tried to incorporate their culture with the gods of the most advanced civilizations that were already established, including the older civilizations such as the Toltec; thus, they included Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl. However, some Mexica leaders (such as Tlacaelel) modified the story to fit their interests, making Huitzilopochtli, a tribal god, of the same level as the other Nahua gods. This is a taboo among the aztec people. As the Mexicans began to conquer other peoples, they started to accept new gods and linking their stories with the gods they already had. Scholars such as Popochitli Micacan suggests that, at the time of the First Spanish Invasion, an importan faction of the religious Aztec circles were in a process of syncretism where all the gods would only be expressions of the powers of a chief deity, Ometéotl / Omecihuatl. This thinking fostered the adoption of Christianity by an importan part of the population. Ometeotl/Omecihuatl is an old pair of gods; their names literally mean "Lord God, Lord (female) God," but usually translated as "our lord / lady of duality", which implies a god with female and male characteristics. This god is much older than the Nahua civilization, and according to some legends is the origin of all gods. The common people hardly know him, but among the upper classes he is object of a cult. Other names given are: "The Lord of the Near and together" "The inventor himself" and Tonacatecuhtli (Lord of our flesh).
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