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To the best of our knowledge this is the only codex image that shows the 3 #Nahua spirit centres (head, heart and liver), leaving the body after death: #tonalli, #teyolia, #ihiyotl. Codex Laud (now called Codex #Mictlan). More here...
https://t.co/TNkapAkNOM

The #Mexica/#Aztecs had no word for 'human sacrifice'. The #Nahua (in Book 2 of the Florentine Codex) spoke instead of 'nextlaoaliztli' or 'debt-payment': human blood offered to deities for rain, flesh for crops, hearts for light, heat and energy from the Sun...
(Pic: Codex Laud)

500 years ago this month a force of #Tetzcoca and #Tlaxcalteca warriors & Spanish conquistadors conduct a short campaign ending with the sacking of #Tlacopan. Tetzcoco proves the dominant #altepetl (city-state). Follow here -
https://t.co/zyAGIge9rE
Illus. by Miguel Covarrubias

More on 4 in #Mexica/#Aztec worldview:-
In the story of the discovery of #pulque (octli in #Nahuatl) by #Mayahuel (pictured), in the feast that follows, the elders all drink 4 cups, except the leader of the #Huastecs, who drinks 5. Learn his fate here...! https://t.co/jVDjU4Lj2u

As trail runners know from the #Tarahumara (#Rarámuri), #pinole is 'the ultimate fuel for runners'. An ancient #Mesoamerican instant/fast food, highly nutritious and full of energy: just pack ground toasted maize/cacao/chia seeds & add water.
https://t.co/Oqdto1mqBg
Codex Tudela

'If you lived in #Aztec times, what would you change?' asked a kid in a school recently. We love Prof Elizabeth Graham's answer: 'I’d lower the age at which old people could drink alcohol!' Only if aged 70 and a grandparent could a #Mexica have as much alcohol as (s)he liked...!

500 years ago this month smallpox continued to rage all across central Mexico. Amongst its victims: the 'cazonci' (ruler) of the Tarascans, who had thus far resisted conquest. Follow our monthly Encounters Countdown, written by/thanks to @MatthewRestall -
https://t.co/zyAGIge9rE

A reader asks: what's the meaning behind this figure? These are now popularly sold as 'Circle of Friends' novelties, but are they #Aztec or #Maya? In fact we've found 2 or 3 examples from ancient Western Mexico, linked to fertility dances. See them here... https://t.co/wp4WQ0LwMb

Guess how the Florentine Codex describes the 'good, mature' #Aztec #Mexica woman?
’respected, refined, like a pillar, brave, precious, beautiful, faultless, dignified, strong, long-suffering, irreproachable, like a bracelet, like a [precious] green stone, like fine turquoise...’

The ancient sacred 'road stick' (ohtlatopilli in #Nahuatl), long associated with merchants (#pochteca) is STILL used today in #Nahua communities. A symbol of justice and a straight path in life. See some from Amantlan here https://t.co/2GdHddmvra
Pic: #Tonalamatl de los Pochtecas