" This thoroughly researched novel reveals the cultures of Aztec and Maya peoples realistically and sympathetically.

In stark contrast, she is portrayed as a scheming, duplicitous traitor in Gary Jennings ' novel Aztec.

* Huesos de Lagartija, a novel by Federico Navarrete, tells the story of a young Aztec who lived through the European invasion of Mexico.

The novel tells the story of Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic British consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac ( the Aztec name of Cuernavaca ), on the Day of the Dead, November 2, 1938.

* Aztec ( novel ), a novel by Gary Jennings

In Gary Jennings ' novel Aztec ( 1980 ), the protagonist resides in Aztlán for a while, later facilitating contact between Aztlán and the Aztec Triple Alliance just before Hernán Cortés ' arrival.

The Late Postclassic Aztec society inherited many traditions concerning Mesoamerican creation accounts, while however modifying some aspects and supplying novel interpretations of their own.

The Late Postclassic Aztec society inherited many traditions concerning Mesoamerican creation accounts, while, however ; modifying some aspects and supplying novel interpretations of their own.

In 1980, after the successful novel Aztec, he specialized in writing adult historical fiction novels.

Aztec Century ( ISBN 0-575-05712-2 ) is a novel by Christopher Evans.

First published in 1993 by Victor Gollancz, this is an alternate history novel, in which the Aztec Empire conquers Britain.

But in 1978 Campbell and Langacker made the novel proposal — which met with immediate universal acceptance — that this sound change had occurred back in Proto-Aztecan ( the ancestor dialect of Pochutec and General Aztec ) and that therefore the corresponding / t / or / l / in Nahuatl dialects were innovations.

The novel deals with the " conflict between two worlds ": Christian Europe and Aztec America.

For the Aztec the count by 20s was completely natural.

Perhaps the greatest known military leader of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, Ahuizotl began his reign by suppressing a Huastec rebellion, and then swiftly more than doubled the size of lands under Aztec dominance.

Map showing the expansion of the Aztec empire showing the areas conquered by the Aztec rulers.

* Patolli, a board game originating in Mesoamerica played by the ancient Aztec

Fire is represented in the Aztec religion by a flint ; to the Native Americans, a mouse ; to the Hindu and Islamic faiths, a lightning bolt ; to the Scythians, an axe, to the Greeks, an apple-bough ; and in Christian iconography, a lion.

Air is represented in the Aztec religion by a snake to the Scythians, a yoke to the Hindus and for Greeks as a sword and in Christian iconography as mankind.

Earth is represented in the Aztec religion by a house ; to the Hindus, a lotus ; to the Scythians, a plough ; to the Greeks, a wheel ; and in Christian iconography by a bull.

However, the Coes write that xicalli referred to the gourd out of which the beverage was consumed and that the use of a frothing stick ( known as a molinollo ) was a product of creolisation between the Spanish and Aztec ; the original frothing method used by the indigenous people was simply pouring the drink from a height into another vessel.

* 1525 – The Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed by Hernán Cortés's forces.

He uses the analogy that she essentially helped Cortés take over and destroy the Aztec state by submitting herself to him.

* Moctezuma II ( 1466 – 1520 ), ninth Aztec emperor, captured by Hernán Cortés and killed by his own people in a riot.

Map showing the expansion of the Aztec empire showing the areas conquered by the Aztec rulers.

In the codex's description of the first meeting between Moctezuma and Cortés, the Aztec ruler is described as giving a prepared speech in classical oratorial Nahuatl, a speech which as described verbatim in the codex ( written by Sahagún's Tlatelolcan informants who were probably not eyewitnesses of the meeting ) included such prostrate declarations of divine or near-divine admiration as, " You have graciously come on earth, you have graciously approached your water, your high place of Mexico, you have come down to your mat, your throne, which I have briefly kept for you, I who used to keep it for you ," and, " You have graciously arrived, you have known pain, you have known weariness, now come on earth, take your rest, enter into your palace, rest your limbs ; may our lords come on earth.

* In Aztec mythology, a pantheon of four hundred rabbit gods known as Centzon Totochtin, led by Ometotchtli or Two Rabbit, represented fertility, parties, and drunkenness.

With increasingly bizarre action storylines coming into vogue Luke and Laura saved the world from being frozen, brought a mobster down by finding his black book in a Left-Handed Boy Statue, and helped a Princess find her Aztec Treasure in Mexico.

The state religion of the Aztec civilization awaited the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy: that the wandering tribes would find the destined site for a great city whose location would be signaled by an Eagle eating a snake while perched atop a cactus.

In Aztec cosmology, the four corners of the universe are marked by " the four Tlalocs " () which both hold up the sky and functions as the frame for the passing of time.

In Aztec mythology, Tlaloc was the lord of the third sun which was destroyed by fire.

* Gary Jennings: Aztec, The Journeyer

A short but dramatic episode from the war is given in Gary Jennings's Aztec Rage.

* Gary Jennings ( 1928 – 99 ), author of historical fiction, including Aztec.

Jennings ' novels are well-researched: he lived for 12 years in Mexico to research the Aztec novels, traveled the Balkans while researching

Additional books in the series ( Aztec Blood, 2002 ; Aztec Rage, 2006 ; Aztec Fire, 2008, Aztec Revenge, 2012 ) were written by Robert Gleason, Jennings ' former editor, and Junius Podrug, working from notes left by Jennings.

It is also important that the Great Sun Stone, also known as the Aztec Calendar, was carved under his leadership.

The Americas collection mainly consists of 19th and 20th century items although the Inca, Aztec, Maya and other early cultures are well represented ; collecting of modern artefacts is ongoing.

According to the Aztec legend, Aztlán is a region ; Chicano nationalists have equated it with the Southwestern United States.

As a result, Chicano identification is aligned with the idea of Aztlán, which extends to the Aztec period of Mexico, celebrating a time preceding land division.

It is argued, however, that without her help, Cortes would not have been successful in conquering the Aztecs as quickly, giving the Aztec people enough time to adapt to new technology and methods of warfare.

Among modern scholars it is a matter of debate whether the Aztec narratives of Toltec history should be given credence as descriptions of actual historical events.

The concept of the " Worlds " is linked to the ancient Aztec belief that the world is renewed every five thousand years — a period called a " Sun " ( currently we live in the fifth Sun ).

In the Aztec calendar, Tonatiuh is the lord of the thirteen days from 1 Death to 13 Flint.

The first known states were created in Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, the Americas ( e. g. Aztec civilization, Inca civilization ) and others, but it is only in relatively modern times that states have almost completely displaced alternative " stateless " forms of political organization of societies all over the planet.

* The Tule tree of Aztec mythology is also associated with a real tree.

In Aztec iconography he is usually depicted with goggle eyes and fangs.

In Aztec mythic cosmography, Tlaloc ruled the fourth layer of the ' Upper World ", or heavens, which is called Tlalocan (" place of Tlaloc ") in several Aztec codices, such as the Vaticanus A and Florentine codices.

In related stories, the creation idea is caused by a single entity emanating or producing something by him-or herself, as in the Tibetan Buddhism concept of Adi-Buddha, the ancient Greek story of Gaia ( Mother Earth ), the Aztec goddess Coatlicue myth, the ancient Egyptian god Atum story, or the Genesis creation narrative.

A large fraction of the languages of North America happen to have a four-vowel system without: ; Aztec is an example.

* Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies and is succeeded by his brother Tízoc.