Ma Nahuatl, "hummingbird hema" a i ʻole "hummingbird hema." ʻO ia ke Akua o ke kaua a me ke alakaʻi nui o ka Mexica a i ʻole Aztecs mai ka hoʻomaka o kā lākou huakaʻi hele a hiki i ko lākou hoʻokumu ʻana ma Tenochtitlan.
ʻElua ona ʻaoʻao: ʻo "Hummingbird o ka Hema" ʻo ia kekahi o nā koa i luku ʻia ma ke kahua kaua, i lilo i hummingbirds, e hele i ka paradaiso o ka Lā i ka hikina a pēlā e huki ai i ka meli - ke koko - o nā pua makamae i na puʻuwai kanaka i loaʻa i ke Kaua Florida; a me ka mōhai ponoʻī mai ke alelo a me nā pepeiao i hou ʻia me ke kākalaioa maguey. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo opochtli, ma ka hope o kona inoa, i hoʻohana ʻia e kuhikuhi i ka alter ego, ka "ʻohana ʻē aʻe", a ma ka moʻoʻōlelo Mekiko ka mea a lākou i kapa ai ka nahual. I kēia hihia ʻo ka hummingbird ka nahual o ke akua o ke kaua.
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe o kēia akua ʻo ia o ke koa Celestial, i hōʻike ʻia e ka ʻaeto i ka hieroglyph o Mekiko-Tenochtitlán a i ka ʻaukā aupuni, ʻo ia ke keiki a ka Moon (Coatlicue) a me ka ʻōpio Sun, ke keiki a ka Lā kahiko i hānau ʻia i ka Pepehi ka Hikina i nā hōkū 400 me kāna mau pua he 400 e kū lanakila ai ka lā hou.
He hoihoi ka moʻolelo o kona hānau ʻana: ʻO Coatlicue, kona makuahine, ua loaʻa he kinipōpō hulu i ka wā e kahili ana iā ia i loko o kona umauma, a laila lilo ʻo ia i hāpai. ʻO Indignant Coyolxauqui (ʻo ke kaikamahine hoʻi a Coatlicue a ʻo ke akua wahine hoʻi o ka Moon) ua hoʻokūpaʻa i kāna mau kaikunāne e make ko lākou makuahine, akā i loko o kāna ʻōpū, ua kamaʻilio ʻo Huitzilopochtli me kona makuahine i makaʻu ʻole ʻo ia kāna keiki. E pale aku wau iā ia.
Me Coyolxauqui i mua, ua kūʻē aku nā kaikunāne 400 e kūʻē i ko lākou makuahine, akā i ka manawa a lākou i hōʻea ai ua hānau ʻia ke akua lako kaua: me ka lāʻau a me ka pana polū, pena ʻia kona helehelena, hulu i paʻa i kona poʻo a me ka nahesa i hana ʻia me nā ahi ahi me ʻo ka mea i hōʻeha iā Coatlicue e waiho ana iā ia me ke poʻo ʻole, a ma hope, ua lanakila ʻo ia i kona mau kaikaina āpau.
Ua manaʻo ʻo Fray Bernardino de Sahagún he mea nui ka inoa o ke akua a no laila ke akua a ka Mekiko i hāʻawi aku ai iā ia i mōhai kanaka.
Ua mālama ʻia ka hoʻomana ʻana i ke akua i loko o ka luakini nui, kahi hale māhoe kahi i hoʻomana ʻia ai ʻo Tlaloc, ke akua o Rain.
Ua aloha nui nā poʻe Mekiko iā ia a ua hoʻolauleʻa i nā ʻoliʻoli nui i kona hanohano i nā mahina ʻo Tlaxochimaco lāua ʻo Panquetzalixtli.
