Aztlan

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Aztec mythology concept legendary homeland mythical place

Aztlan is the legendary ancestral homeland of the Aztec people, often portrayed in Mesoamerican codices as a mythic island or place of origin.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Aztlán	3
Aztlan canonical	2
Aztlan region	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aztec mythology concept ⓘ legendary homeland ⓘ mythical place ⓘ
appearsIn	Codex Aubin ⓘ Codex Azcatitlan ⓘ Codex Boturini ⓘ Mesoamerican codices ⓘ
associatedWith	Chicomoztoc ⓘ Mexica migration legend ⓘ Seven Caves origin myth ⓘ
culture	Aztec culture ⓘ surface form: Aztec Nahua NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	ancestral homeland of the Aztec people ⓘ mythic island ⓘ paradisiacal place ⓘ place of origin of the Mexica ⓘ
etymologyProposed	“place of herons” ⓘ “place of whiteness” ⓘ
hasSymbol	herons in codices ⓘ water and reeds imagery in codices ⓘ
influenced	modern Chicano cultural nationalism concept of Aztlán ⓘ
languageContext	Classical Nahuatl ⓘ
linkedEthnicGroup	Mexica ⓘ Tenochca ONNED1 ⓘ Tlatelolca ⓘ
locationHypothesis	north or northwest of the Valley of Mexico ⓘ somewhere in northern Mexico or the U.S. Southwest ⓘ
modernInterpretation	symbolic homeland for Chicano and Mexican-American identity ⓘ
mythicFunction	explains origins and migrations of the Mexica people ⓘ
regionOfMyth	Mesoamerica ⓘ
relatedTo	Mexica identity ⓘ Tenochtitlan ⓘ
religiousContext	pre-Hispanic Nahua religion ⓘ
roleInMythology	ancestral homeland abandoned before founding of Tenochtitlan ⓘ starting point of Mexica migration to central Mexico ⓘ
scholarlyDebate	whether Aztlan refers to a real historical location ⓘ
sourceType	colonial-era chronicles ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ pictorial manuscripts ⓘ
timeOfMythicEvents	pre-Columbian era ⓘ
uncertainLocation	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Codex Boturini → depicts → Aztlan ⓘ

El Movimiento → hasKeyConcept → Aztlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aztlán

MEChA → usesTerm → Aztlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aztlán

Tira de la Peregrinación → associatedWith → Aztlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aztlán

Chicomoztoc → linkedToRegionByTradition → Aztlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aztlan region