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Hello! I'm doing a project where I am constructing a macuahuitl. Specifically, I want to make one of the shorter one-handed versions, which Marco Obregón refers to as "macuahuilzoctli". How should I pronounce this word? I do not want to butcher the pronunciation when discussing it, but I do want to use this more specific name as well.
Thank you!

From wikipedia:

Tula has long been considered the capital for the Toltec people. At Tula one can find the Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli ('House of the Morning Star' or 'The Temple of the Lord in the Dawn'), where there are four Atlantean figures standing over 4.6 metres (15 ft) tall. The figures here are depicted as wearing "stylized butterfly breastplates, sun-shaped shields on their backs, feathered headdresses and carry spear throwers and a supply of spears".[4]

I'm looking for more information about the Aztec Empire for an story i'm working on, and i wanted to see what were the indigenous group that were involved in founding them.

But i've only come a cross a few, i saw on some not so reliable places that the Nahuas were involved and even were the FOUNDERS themselves, even with all the research i've seen that they only were a group inside the name Aztec.

I know it's still difficult to say who were actually involved into founding them, and i know many groups are involved but i wanted to know at least a few who were involved! If anyone happens to know i'll be glad to know!

(sorry for any grammar or wrong historic facts i'm a amatur learning new things!)

This is pictures from the Maya display at the museum of natural history in Los Angeles

Im looking for just a table / database of tonalpohualli day / number signs relative to the Gregorian calendar.

Any insight here?

So far I've only been able to find a number of discussions in more academic contexts discussing the merits and critiques of different correlations. That, or new age websites promising to give your "Aztec Name" for a small fee.

Thanks!

El día que no podamos sin embriagarnos llegó, y por eso ¡los Dioses Borrachitos llegaron junto a ti! Embriáguense a cuenta de mí, por no puedo beber gracias a los antidepresivos que tomo diariamente.

I’m a white dude from Massachusetts originally. Got stationed in SoCal when I was in the marines and fell in love with it out there so I stayed after I got out of the marines. Met my wife who is Mexican and been happily married for over 5 years now. Mesoamérica has always fascinated me and that just grew like 10x when I met my wife, especially Aztec culture and history (which is funny cuz she’s not really into it at all lol but my Suegra is a bit) I have full sleeves/hand/neck all in mostly American Traditional style tattoos. I was curious if it would be considered disrespectful to get an Aztec symbol or deity tatted on me? Thanks for any help. I’m typically the type of person to just say fuck it and do as I please but I’m trying to be better about that. Any help or even criticism is greatly welcomed. Also ideas too!

It doesn't mean i'm indigenous does it? Does it mean my family just lived in mexico for a long time? What it does really mean?

I know this sounds like a dumb question, but I'm asking because I haven't found a definitive answer to whether the dead-honoring part of this holiday is a purely Catholic idea, or if it really is both. From most sources, it seems like both ancient Mesoamericans and Europeans recognized a "thinning of the veil" between the living and the dead around the time of the autumnal cross-quarter (this time of year). This could obviously be just a historical myth created by the Christianization of one or both cultural traditions, but maybe not? If pre-hispanic Mesoamericans recognized the dead on some other day, that would have different implications imo.

I am focused on this from an empirical perspective. I just got "Fifth Sun" but Camilla Townsend, and "Church of the dead" by Jennifer Hughes, but the indexes don't say anything about the topic. I haven't had time to actually read through these books. What scholarly sources am I missing? I don't believe in ghosts, but it's just really interesting to imagine two distinct cultures developing comparable mythological ideas about the same calendar period, despite vastly different social, environmental, and agricultural conditions. Perhaps all northern-latitude cultures that grow cereal grains invoke the dead during harvest time? These are the questions that come to mind when I think about the Mexica and Celts revering the dead in October/November.

It seems like one of two things happened. 1: Either Samhain influenced All-Saints/Souls day, which led to the dead-honoring tradition of Dia De los Muertos. Or 2: There was an extant Mesoamerican tradition of honoring the dead during fall-time, which means the holiday is more syncretic, and the cross-quarter dead holiday is ancient and trans-cultural.

So, is it true that ancient Mesoamericans had a fall-tme "Dia de los Muertos"?