E ʻike kākou i ke kumu o ka hoʻolaʻa ʻia o nā heiau o ka Meia Templo iā Huitzilopochtli a me Tláloc. Penei kā Franciscan:
ʻO ka hale kiaʻi nui o nā mea a pau ma waenakonu a ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā mea āpau, hoʻolaʻa ʻia ia na ke akua Huitzilopochtli ... Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kēia hale kiaʻi ma luna, no laila me he mea lā he ʻelua a no laila aia ʻelua hale pule a kuahu paha ma luna, ua uhi ʻia kēlā me kēia me kahi spire, a ma ka piko e loaʻa i kēlā me kēia me nā hōʻailona ʻokoʻa a i ʻole nā insignia. I hoʻokahi o lākou aʻoi aku ka nui o ke kiʻi o Huitzilopochtli ... a ʻo kekahi ke kiʻi o ke akua ʻo Tlaloc. I mua o kēlā me kēia o ia mau mea he pōhaku poepoe e like me kahi poloka a lākou i kapa aku ai ʻo téchatl, kahi a ka poʻe i mōhai ai no ka hanohano o kēlā akua i luku ... ʻO kēia mau hale kiaʻi i hele i ke komohana, a piʻi aʻe ma nā ʻanuʻu ʻololī a pololei ...
E like me ka mea i hiki ke ʻike ʻia, kokoke loa ka wehewehe ʻana i nā mea i loaʻa ma hope mai e nā archeologists. E ʻike kākou i ka mea a Bernal Díaz del Castillo e haʻi ai i kāna moʻolelo ʻo True of the Conquest of New Spain: "Ma kēlā me kēia kuahu he ʻelua mau puʻupuʻu e like me ke kanaka nunui, me nā kino loloa a momona loa, a ʻo ka mea mua, aia ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau, ʻLelo lākou ʻo kā Huichilobos, ko lākou akua kaua ”. E pili ana iā Tlaloc ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ma ka piko o ka cu holoʻokoʻa kahi concavity i kālai nui ʻia i ka wahie mai laila, a aia kekahi puʻupuʻu e like me ka hapalua o ke kāne a me ka hapalua moʻo ... ua piha ke kino i nā ʻanoʻano āpau āpau. ka honua, a ʻōlelo lākou ʻo ia ke akua o nā mea kanu a me nā hua ... "
Akā ʻo wai kēia mau akua? He aha kā lākou manaʻo? I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, e ʻōlelo mākou ʻo Huitzilopochtli ke ʻano o ka "hema, a i ʻole ka hummingbird hema." Ua wehewehe ʻia kēia akua e ke ala aʻe e Sahagún:
Ua kapa ʻia kēia akua ʻo Huitzilopochtli kekahi Hercules, ikaika loa ʻo ia, me nā pūʻali koa a me ke kaua, a luku nui i nā lāhui kanaka, a luku hoʻi i kānaka. I nā kaua, ua like ʻo ia me ke ahi ola, makaʻu loa i kona mau hoa paio ... ʻO kēia kanaka, no kona ikaika a me kona mākaukau i ke kaua, ua mahalo nui ʻia e nā poʻe Mekiko i kona wā e ola ana.
ʻO Tlaloc, haʻi mai ka mea kākau moʻolelo like iā mākou:
Ua kapa ʻia kēia akua ʻo Tlaloc Tlamacazqui ke akua o ka ua.
Hāʻawi lākou iā ia i nā ua e hoʻoinu i ka ʻāina, kahi e hana ʻia ai ka ua i nā mea kanu, nā kumu lāʻau a me nā huaʻai a pau. ʻO ia kā lākou i hoʻouna aku ai i ka huahekili a me nā uila a me nā hekili, a me nā ʻino o ka wai, a me nā pilikia o nā kahawai a me ke kai. Kāhea ʻia ʻo Tláloc Tlamacazqui ʻo ia hoʻi he akua ia e ola nei i ka paradaiso honua, a nāna e hāʻawi i nā kāne i ka mālama kūpono no ke ola o ke kino.
Me ke ʻano o kēlā me kēia akua i hōʻike ʻia pēlā, hiki iā mākou ke kuhi i ko lākou kū ʻana i ka luakini Aztec i loaʻa mai kahi ʻano nui: ʻO Huitzilopochtli, ke akua o ka lā a me ke kaua, ka mea nāna i hoʻokahuli i ka pouli o ka pō i kēlā me kēia lā, me kona ʻano he lā. . I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka mea i alakaʻi i ka pūʻali Aztec e kūʻē i ko lākou mau ʻenemi a loaʻa ka lanakila ma luna o nā hui ʻē aʻe, i hoʻokau ʻia e hoʻokupu iā Tenochtitlan i kēlā me kēia manawa. Pono ʻole e ʻōlelo, hiki i ka hoʻokupu ma nā huahana a i ʻole ka hana, nā mea āpau e pono ai i ka hoʻokele waiwai Aztec. Ma ka Mendocino Codex a me ka Hoʻokau ʻauhau, hōʻike ʻia nā huahana a kēlā me kēia lāhui e lawe ai iā Tenochtitlan. Ma kēia ala, ua loaʻa i nā Aztecs ka nui o ke kulina, nā pīni a me nā hua like ʻole, a me nā mea e like me ka pulupulu, nā kapa moe, nā lole koa koa, a pēlā aku. , lāʻau ..., i ka pōkole, he nui o nā ʻatikala, inā paha i nā huahana i hoʻopau ʻia a i ʻole nā mea maka.
ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kiʻi o kēia akua. E like me ka moʻohelu o kona hānau ʻana, ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia me ka wāwae "wīwī". I kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona o nā codices ʻike ʻia ʻo ia me ka hummingbird ma kona poʻo. ʻO kona kaʻa ma waena o ka lani, ma kona ʻano he akua lā, hoʻoholo i ke ʻano o ka Meia Templo, a ʻo kona pilina me ka hema ma muli o ka mea o ka Lā, ma ka hoʻoilo hoʻoilo, e hilinaʻi ana ma ka hema, e like me kā mākou e ʻike ai ma hope.
Ua hana ʻia kekahi mau mele koa no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ke akua a me ka hana o ke kaua, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma nā lā aʻe.
Oh, Montezuma; oh, Nezahualcóyotl; e, e Totoquihuatzin, ulana ʻoe, ua komo ʻoe i ka Uniona o nā keiki aliʻi: Hoʻokahi manawa e leʻaleʻa ai i kou mau kūlanakauhale kahi āu i noho aliʻi ai. ʻO ka hale nui o ka Aeto, ka hale nui o ka luawai Tigreperdura, kahi wahi o ka hakakā ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Mekiko. Hū nā pua nani o ke kaua, haʻalulu lākou a hiki i ʻaneʻi. Ma laila e lilo ai ka ʻaeto i kanaka, ma laila e uē ai nā tiger ma Mekiko: ʻo ia ʻoe e noho aliʻi ma laila, e Motecuzoma!
I ka hihia o Tláloc, aia kona alo ma muli o kekahi o nā pou o ka ʻoihana Aztec: hana mahiʻai. Aia nō iā ia ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka ua i ka manawa kūpono a me ka hana nui ʻole, no ka mea he kumu ia e make ai nā mea kanu, me he mea lā ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i ka huahekili a me ka hau. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai ka mālama ʻana i ke kaulike o ke akua me nā hana kūpono i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia i kekahi mau mahina, iā ia a i nā akua paha e pili ana iā ia, e like me nā tlaloque, kāna mau mea kōkua; ʻO Xilonen, ke akua wahine o ke kulina ʻōpio; ʻO Chalchiuhtlicue, kāna wahine, a pēlā aku.
Ua pani ʻia ʻo Tlaloc, mai nā manawa mamao loa, me kāna mau makapō makapō a i ʻole nā apo e hoʻopuni ana i kona mau maka; e puka mai ana nā ʻohana nui ʻelua mai kona waha a me ka alelo o ka nahesa. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe i hoʻopau i kāna kiʻi ʻo nā earmuffs a me ka pāpale poʻo.
Ua hiki mai kahi mele iā mākou i ke akua o ka wai, e ʻōlelo ana.
ʻO ka mea nona ka wai a me ka ua, aia paha, aia paha he nui e like me ʻoe? ʻO ʻoe ke akua o ke kai. Ehia mau pua āu, ʻehia ou mau mele. Me lākou hauʻoli wau i ka wā ua. ʻO wau wale nō he mea mele: pua koʻu puʻuwai: hāʻawi wau i kaʻu mele.
No ke ola o Tenochtitlan ke ola mai ka hana a nā akua ʻelua. ʻAʻole ia he mea loaʻa wale, a laila, ua noho lāua ʻelua i kahi hanohano ma ka Luakini Nui. Mai kēia kumu i loaʻa ai ka dualitas kumu o mua o ka Hispanic Mexico: ke ola make-lua. ʻO ka mea mua, aia ma Tlaloc, pili i ka mālama ʻana, me nā hua e hānai ai ke kanaka; ʻo ka lua, me ke kaua a me ka make, ʻo ia hoʻi, me nā mea āpau e alakaʻi i ke kanaka e hoʻokō i kāna hopena. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea i laka ʻia ma hope o ke kiʻi o kēia mau akua a me ka Luakini Nui, i hōʻike ʻia ma o nā kaʻao a me nā hōʻailona i hoʻolilo i kēia pūnaewele i wahi kapu e like me ka maikaʻi ...
