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Eagle warriors or eagle knights were a special class of infantry soldier in the Aztec army, one of the two leading military orders in Aztec society.
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aboriginal, american native, first nations, inca, indigenous
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Aztec mythology is the body or collection of myths of Aztec civilization of Central Mexico. The Aztecs were Nahuatl-speaking groups living in central Mexico and much of their mythology is similar to that of other Mesoamerican cultures.
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aboriginal, first nations, inca, mayan, mayan apocolypse
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Quetzalcoatl went to Mictlan, the underworld, and created the fifth-world from the bones of the previous races, using his own blood to imbue the bones with new life.
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aboriginal, first nations, hispanic, latin american, latina
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The term Five Suns in the context of creation myths, describes the doctrine of the Aztec and other Nahua peoples in which the present world was preceded by four other cycles of creation and destruction.
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aztec culture, cinco de mayo, day of the dead, first nations, inca
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Priests worshipped Xipe Totec by skinning human victims and then donning their skins. The ritual was seen as a way to ensure fertility and regeneration.
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Vector illustration partially based on Mictlantecuhtli the God of Death.
Mictlantecuhtli in Aztec mythology, was a god of the dead and the king of Mictlan.