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Mexica (Aztec) Religion Lobjois, Bertrand
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The Mexica religion thrived in and around what is actually known as Mexico City, and what was known then as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, between its official foundation in 1325 and its fall after the invasion of the Spaniard and Indigenous alliance in 1521. The Mexicas built and developed a highly complex system of values, symbols, and rituals that ruled daily life of commoners. The religion was also deeply intertwined with the tlahtoani (Mexica ruler) legitimation and Mexica territorial expansion. Mexica religion was in many ways an heir of a very long Mesoamerican religious tradition. This complexity is particularly observable in its ritual calendars, feasts, prayers, religious architecture, specialists (tlamacazqueh), and deities (teteo).
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Mexica (Aztec) Religion
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Database of Religious History (DRH)
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| Date Issued |
2022-09-02
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| Description |
The Mexica religion thrived in and around what is actually known as Mexico City, and what was known
then as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, between its official foundation in 1325 and its fall after the invasion of the
Spaniard and Indigenous alliance in 1521. The Mexicas built and developed a highly complex system of
values, symbols, and rituals that ruled daily life of commoners. The religion was also deeply intertwined
with the tlahtoani (Mexica ruler) legitimation and Mexica territorial expansion. Mexica religion was in many
ways an heir of a very long Mesoamerican religious tradition. This complexity is particularly observable in its
ritual calendars, feasts, prayers, religious architecture, specialists (tlamacazqueh), and deities (teteo).
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eng
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2023-01-24
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution 4.0 International
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0423549
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Bertrand Lobjois. (2022). Mexica (Aztec) Religion. Database of Religious History, Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia.
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Unreviewed
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| Scholarly Level |
Graduate
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