Huitzilopochtli

Almost taking a ritualistic route, such courts were usually among the first structures to be established by the Aztecs in the conquered city-states, after they had erected a temple dedicated to Huitzilopochtli.

Take Huitzilopochtli, the typically tongue-twisting Aztec name of an old hummingbird god.

The bloody followers of Huitzilopochtli were driven from their homes, and the allies their bravery had gained were lost to them.

Tizoc also completed in 1483 the grand temple of Huitzilopochtli at Mexico, on which his predecessors had expended so much labor.

The services of the followers of Huitzilopochtli were always in demand when there was fighting to be done.

With the exception of the Regimiento de Huitzilopochtli, which is at present at Acauhtzin and has doubtless embraced his cause.

Huitzilopochtli was the principal tribal deity of the Aztecs.