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A closer look at the original Aztec codices, paintings, and the post-Cortesian codices, show there was no snake in the original legend. In some Aztec illustrations, like the Mendoza codex, there is only an eagle, while in the text of the Ramirez codex, Huitzilopochtli asked the Aztec to look an eagle devouring a precious bird perched on a cactus. In the text by Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, the eagle is devouring something, but it is not mentioned what. And still, other versions show the eagle clutching the Aztec sy ...
See also:Coat of Arms of Mexico, Coat of Arms of Mexico - Official story, Coat of Arms of Mexico - The Aztec legend, Coat of Arms of Mexico - The Creatures, Coat of Arms of Mexico - History Read more here: » Coat of Arms of Mexico: Encyclopedia II - Coat of Arms of Mexico - The Aztec legend |
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| | | | Coat of Arms of Mexico - The Aztec legend: Encyclopedia II - Coat of Arms of Mexico - The Creatures The bird featured on the Mexican coat of arms is the golden eagle. This bird is known officially as la águila real (lit. royal eagle). In 1960, the Mexican ornithologist, Martín del Campo, identified the eagle in prehispanic codex as the caracara or "quebrantahuesos", a species common in Mexico (although this name is taxonomically incorrect, as the caracara is a type of falcon). Even so, the golden eagle is considered the Mexican eagle for official purposes, and for th ...
See also:Coat of Arms of Mexico, Coat of Arms of Mexico - Official story, Coat of Arms of Mexico - The Aztec legend, Coat of Arms of Mexico - The Creatures, Coat of Arms of Mexico - History Read more here: » Coat of Arms of Mexico: Encyclopedia II - Coat of Arms of Mexico - The Creatures |
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| | | | Coat of Arms of Mexico - The Aztec legend: Encyclopedia II - Ophiophagy - Ophiophagy in myth and legend A snake-eating bird of prey appears in a legend of the Mexica people, who gave rise to the Aztec empire, and it is represented in the Mexican flag: The Mexicas, guided by their god Huitzilopochtli, sought a place where the bird landed on a prickly pear cactus, devouring a snake. They found the sign on a island in Lake Texcoco, where they erected the city of Tenochtitlan ("Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus" – present-day Mexico City) in 1325. (In the Coat of Arms of Mexico this bird is depicted as a Golden Eagle, though it's often said to be ...
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