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Huitzilopochtli
By: Roberto Rangel
Birth/Family
His mom died because her four hundred
brothers killed her.
 They were mad because she was
pregnant.
 He avenged his mothers death by killing
Coyolxauhqui.
 (Willis, page 99)
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Background
He is the god of the war, a sun god and
the boss of the city of Tenochtitlan. He
was also the national god of the Mexicans
of Tenochtitlan.
 Symbols: Aztec calendar.
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Related Story
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The related story I read is about how
Huitzilopochtli’s mom became pregnant
and all of her 400 sons and her daughter
were going to attack her Huitzilopochtli
emerged from his mother's womb fully
grown and cut his sisters head off and
killed most of his brothers.
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Bibliography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huitzilopochtli
 http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/HoIv/Huitzilopochtli.html
 Dictionary of world myth.
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