The Aztecs believed this Aztec god waged a continuous battle against darkness and an unseen evil power, symbolizing the eternal struggle between life and death. The Aztec god of death and lord of ...

The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to the underworld every night.

The Aztec expert Kim Richter gives us her more secular understanding of the statue: "I've argued that the sculptures represent the Huastec elite, who dressed up with these fancy costume elements ...

For those who aren’t familiar with the Aztec deity, he’s the literal ... fire would carry their tears up to the god above at the moment of death. The ritual began with the bones of the ...