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Aztefacts
Some little known facts about the Aztecs/Mexica you might find interesting.
We’re adding continuously to these pages (last updated August 2010) - all suggestions welcome!
The matted, tangled hair of Mexica priests symbolized
the ‘disordered filaments of the underworld’
Were human sacrifices
performed by 5 priests... or 6?
The world’s first botanic gardens
may well have been Aztec...
The awesome Aztec pinauhuiztli beetle
has just been identified as the ‘deer-killer’!
The Aztec Water-Dog
has been positively identified...!
The aquatic quadruped that made a real name for itself:
The deadly Ahuizotl...
There are 5 basic ways to design clothes
- and the Mexica wore them all...
Each bowl of gold dust tribute had to fill
‘the hollow of both hands placed together’
At the heart of every meal
- a tortilla!
See you later Alligator!
- death was a final homecoming...
Was every woman’s day in Aztec times
just one long GRIND...?
‘Our father’ -
- the cypress tree...
Shoes off before the Emperor?
Aztec beanz
meanz money!
The Aztecs encouraged parents to stretch their children
What does the Aztec language
(Náhuatl) MEAN?
Smoke signals gave the game away
to something precious underneath...
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
- The god with the longest name?
A nose plug
fit for a water goddess
Did the modern piñata...
... evolve from Aztec rain-god pots?
I can’t ‘handle’ life on my own...
... I just need to get a grip!
For the Aztecs if you’d ‘made it’ in life...
... you were compared to a ripe ear of corn
No time for leisure?
Ancient Mexican life had a real swing to it...
Strictly they didn’t float...
... and they were rich enough to feed thousands of Aztecs
How come a heron...
... was a special symbol for the Aztecs?
1 petate .. 2 petate .. 3 petate
The Aztecs slept fitfully...
The wheel -
Did the Aztecs just ‘toy’ with the idea?
Dark materials indeed
Where did Phillip Pullman get his ‘daemon’ idea from?
The Aztec recipe for hiccups...
... was used in Europe for 200 years
Ultrarunning
Fresh fish from the coast daily ... on foot!
Guide dogs -
- for all?
Because of its lunar connections...
... the rabbit was an important day and year-bearer sign
Aztec chocolate was a drink for the privileged -
never eaten as it is today
The ultimate in headwear...
... but isn’t the original in the wrong place?
Superfood
Did the Aztecs eat nutritious green goo?
Playing ‘ullamaliztli’...
... required an awful lot of balls!
The Aztecs gave themselves...
... a healthy thwacking!
Aztec life check
Do you give as much as you receive?
We all mellow to yellow...
... with age