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The Symbolism of the Mexican Flag
The Mexicas came to the Valley of Mexico from a non-specific place in northern
Mexico called Aztlán. They were guided by the priests of Huitzilopochtli to search
for a place with a nopal cactus growing out of a rock. On the cactus they would see
an eagle devouring a serpent in his beak that would signal the spot where they should
build their city, Tenochtitlan.
2) Eagle
1) Serpent
3) Cactus
5) Seeds
4) Cactus Fruit
6) Rock & Water
This exodus and the subsequent conquest of the Valley of Mexico have many
parallels with the migration of the Israelites to Palestine. Although the religious
beliefs of the Israelites and the Mexicas appear completely dissimilar, they believe in
the same God.
HUITZILOPOCHTLI
Huitzilopochtli was the Aztec god of the Sun and the war. His name means "Blue
Hummingbird on the Left." The Aztecs believed that dead warriors came back to life as
hummingbirds and that the “south” was the left side of the world. Huitzilopochtli's name,
therefore, means the “Warrior of the South brought back from the dead. He was depicted
as a blue man fully armed with hummingbird feathers on his head but was also associated
with the eagle. The color blue represents the Seventh Heaven of Aztec mythology.
His mother Coatlicue became mysteriously pregnant with Huitzilopochtli when a ball of
feathers fell from the heaven and touched her. He is considered an incarnation of the sun
and struggles with the forces of night to keep mankind alive.
To the Mayans he was Kukulcan. To the Toltec he was known as Quetzalcoatl.
QUETZALCOATL
“Feathered Serpent”, “Precious Feather Snake”
He is the Lord of Healing and magical herbs, known as a symbol of thought and learning,
of the arts, poetry, and all things good and beautiful. Lord of Hope and Lord of the
Morning Star. He has been likened to England's King Arthur, both a real person and
myth. Quetzalcoatl was the god of life and gave penitence, love, and exemption from
rituals of sacrifice and self-sacrifice.
Legend has Quetzalcoatl descending to hell and retrieving human bones. By dripping his
blood onto the bones, the human resurrection began. For this reason he is often depicted
holding a thorn used to let blood to honor his father Mixcoatl. Men therefore, are now
become the children of Quetzalcoatl.
His rival God was known as Tezcatlipoca and it is interesting to see notice even more
parallels with Chrisitanity.
TEZCATLIPOCA
"Smoking Mirror" (obsidian)
He is known as: The God of Night and Sorcery - The God of the Hunt - Patron of Princes
- The Lord of the Here and Now - The Enemy on Both Sides. Tezcatlipoca is the patron
of sorcerers, the moon & to those that represent death, evil, & destruction. His disguise is
that of the Jaguar & was known as the Invisible God who walked over the heavens, the
surface of the earth & hell. Where ever this god went wars, anxiety, & trouble were sure
to follow.
Tezcatlipoca was thought to incite wars against one another and was called Necocyautl,
which means "sower of discord on both sides". In Toltec mythology he was the
adversary of his brother Quetzalcoatl.
Also metaphorically referred to as Titlacahuan, (He Whose Slaves we Are),
Moquequeloa, (The Mocker), Moyocoyani, (Maker of Himself), Nahuaque, (Night
Wind). Also known as "Ixquimilli, "A Blindfold" and is represented as a spirit of
darkness in codex Cospi, pl. 12, Codex Borgia, pl. 15, Codex Laud, pl. 13, and in the
Dresden Codex pp. 15 and 35.
His cruel hand was felt to be at fault when a rich man was brought to misfortune. When
Tezcatlipoca chose to appear on the earth he brought destruction, and only rarely did he
provide good fortune to an individual. He was the warrior of the North while
Huitzilopochtli was the warrior of the South. He was the god of sin and misery and had a
fetish for the obsidian knife.
What does it all mean?
All this information about Huitzilopochtli and his evil brother leads to the conclusion that
Huitzilopochtli is the Mexica equivalent of Jesus Christ. Although the priests of
Huitzilopochtli were then mired in apostacy, the foundation of their religion was
originally the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Mexican Flag contains many details showing the connection between the Gospel and
the settlement of the Valley of Mexico by the followers of Huitzilopochtli.