Welcome |
Introduction |
Armadillo NEW |
Cempoalxóchitl |
Deer |
Axolotl |
Rattlesnake |
Trees |
Sunflower |
Jaguar |
Eagle |
Cactus |
Dog |
Grasshopper |
The Astonishing Axayacatl |
Quetzal |
Molluscs |
Frogs and toads |
meaning in the lives of the Mexica/Aztecs
were associated with fertility and abundance...
or ‘flower of the dead’
was ‘a mythological animal par excellence’
- and its cultural importance in Mexico
in Mesoamerican mythology
for cutting down a tree...?’
many gifts to the world...
prowls the art of most ancient Mexican civilisations
and leads the sun across the sky...
and medicine for millennia
been a lucrative one in pre-Hispanic Mexico
had a Jekyll & Hyde nature - so very Aztec!
nourished the growing Aztec empire
- is the quetzal the ultimate symbol of beauty?
and symbolic in the Mexica empire
toads helped feed their religion...