In Aztec mythology, Atlahua, Ahtlahua, Atlahoa, Atlavâ[1] or Atlaua [aˈtɬawa] was a water God (the blue version of Tlaloc, the Tlaloc from the South[2]), fisherman and archer. There were said to be at least four ancient Aztec temples at which he was worshiped, the tallest supposedly being over 200 feet tall (61 metres) [citation needed]. The Aztecs prayed to him when there were deaths in water, such as when Hernando Cortez conquered Tenochtitlan (the Ancient Aztec capital on a lake, now Mexico City), and the lake was said to be "floating with heads and corpses"[citation needed].
The original image appears in General History of the Things of New Spain by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún: The Florentine Codex. Book II: The Ceremonies.[3]
References edit
- ^ "atlahua - GDN - Gran Diccionario Náhuatl - UNAM". Archived from the original on 2016-03-17.
- ^ "Atlahua Icuic, Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Veinte himnos sacros de los nahuas, p.216" (PDF) (in Spanish).
- ^ "General History of the Things of New Spain by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún: The Florentine Codex. Book II: The Ceremonies, fo. 144".
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