People revered Huitzilopochtli, known as the Aztec sun god and the patron god of the Aztecs, as the god of war, sun and human sacrifice. A central deity in their religious practices ...

According to Aztec mythology, the sun and moon were gods, and eclipses occurred when these gods were being attacked or devoured. For the Aztecs, the sun was Huitzilopochtli, the god of war and the ...

It wasn't until 1978 that the temple dedicated to the Aztec gods Huitzilopochtli and Tláloc (gods of war and water) was unearthed in the heart of Mexico City. Today, the area remains an active ...