‘The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire’ Where: Getty Villa, 7985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades When: Wednesday through July 5; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays to ...

Neither Aztec nor Nahua describe a single group of ... through peaceful means-- the Mexica adopted more than 100 local deities into their pantheon while also inserting their own beliefs and ...

In “Aztec Pantheon,” with an eye on its Mexican American audience, the Getty is celebrating the bicentennial of Mexican independence by exploring how Europeans came to understand the Aztecs ...

When Cortés and his conquistadors overran the Aztec empire in 1520 ... “In an effort to understand this New World custom and mythology, they used a European comparison, likening the Aztecs ...

Three California parents are suing to prevent the state's public school system from reciting prayers to Aztec deities that have been worshipped with human sacrifice – arguing that doing so ...

MEXICO CITY – In the pantheon of Mexico's pre-Hispanic gods, most Aztec deities are depicted as brutal, blood-thirsty beings only appeased by human sacrifices. But Mexico's Templo Mayor museum ...

Tlaloc, the god of rain and fertility, was one of the most important deities in the Aztec pantheon. Templo Mayor, known in the Nahuatl language as Huēyi Teōcalli, was dedicated to both ...

According to one myth, Mictecacihuatl and her husband collected bones so that they might be returned to the land of the living and restored by the gods.Aztec mythology tells that Mictecacihuatl ...

The first expansion will feature the Chinese pantheon, while the second one could draw from various mythologies. Possible expansions include Japanese, Aztec, and Maya pantheons, offering a variety ...