How do you use Huitzilopochtli in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Huitzilopochtli in a sentence
Huitzilopochtli meaning
An important god of the Mexica.
Using Huitzilopochtli
- The main meaning on this page is: An important god of the Mexica.
Context around Huitzilopochtli
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Huitzilopochtli
- In this selection, "huitzilopochtli" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, god, newborn, indicated, honoured and defeated stand out and add context to how "huitzilopochtli" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include dedicated to huitzilopochtli who represents and huitzilopochtli honoured cópil. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "huitzilopochtli" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with huitzilopochtli
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She gave birth on Mount Coatepec, pursued by her children, but the newborn Huitzilopochtli defeated most of his brothers, who became the stars. (23 words)
Boone, 1989 Veneration of Huitzilopochtli, the personification of the sun and of war, was central to the religious, social and political practices of the Mexicas. (25 words)
Prior to this, Huitzilopochtli was associated primarily with hunting, presumably one of the important subsistence activities of the itinerant bands that would eventually become the Mexica. (26 words)
This was said to inspire the Aztecs to rip the hearts out of their victims and throw their bodies down the sides of the temple dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, who represents the sun chasing away the stars at dawn. (38 words)
According to legend, the Mexicas' principal god, Huitzilopochtli indicated the site where they were to build their home by presenting an eagle perched on a nopal cactus with a snake in its beak. (33 words)
Huitzilopochtli honoured Cópil by causing a cactus to grow over Cópil's heart.) Legend has it that this is the site on which the Mexicas built their capital city of Tenochtitlan. (31 words)
Example sentences (6)
According to legend, the Mexicas' principal god, Huitzilopochtli indicated the site where they were to build their home by presenting an eagle perched on a nopal cactus with a snake in its beak.
Boone, 1989 Veneration of Huitzilopochtli, the personification of the sun and of war, was central to the religious, social and political practices of the Mexicas.
Huitzilopochtli honoured Cópil by causing a cactus to grow over Cópil's heart.) Legend has it that this is the site on which the Mexicas built their capital city of Tenochtitlan.
Prior to this, Huitzilopochtli was associated primarily with hunting, presumably one of the important subsistence activities of the itinerant bands that would eventually become the Mexica.
She gave birth on Mount Coatepec, pursued by her children, but the newborn Huitzilopochtli defeated most of his brothers, who became the stars.
This was said to inspire the Aztecs to rip the hearts out of their victims and throw their bodies down the sides of the temple dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, who represents the sun chasing away the stars at dawn.